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Dr. Soon-Hoon Bae Dr. Soon-Hoon Bae
Professor, Graduate School of Management of KAIST, Former Minister, Information and Communication, Korea
Education
1961-1966Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1966-1969SM (1968) and PhD(1970), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Course II), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Experience
1969-1972Principal Engineer, Borg-Warner Corp., York, PA
1976-1998Various Executive Positions in the Daewoo Group, Seoul, Korea
1976-1978Director of Engineering, Daewoo Heavy Industries, Inc.
1976-1980Vice President, Daewoo Engineering Co.
1980-1982Managing Director, Daewoo Planning and Coordination Division
1982-1983President, Daewoo Electronics Co.
1983-1984Visiting Scholar, Engineering Management and Industrial Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1984-1985Visiting Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T.
1985-1991President and CEO, Daewoo Automotive Components Co., Joint venture (50/50) between Daewoo and General Motors.
1991-1997President and CEO, Daewoo Electronics Co.
1998Minister of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea Restructuring telecommunication industry. Information super highway. Venture business promotion.
Modernizing mail systems. Created job opportunities in establishing national data bases.
Current Activities
1999 to present, Visiting Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Teaching Risk Management in Enterprises, Cases on High-tech Ventures. Lectures on e-Business.

Consulting foreign investment bankers on M&A.

2000 to present, Chairman of the Board, Mirae Online, Linux One, Fiber-tech, Biozone and iTmex.(All new start-up companies). Executive consultant, Ask Solutions.

2000 to president, President, Millenium Angel Club.

2000 to present, Senior Adviser, Monitor Group, Korea

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