Summary
Channel and field marketing professional supporting HPE Korea's AI infrastructure (HPC/AI) portfolio, working across startups, enterprise accounts, and alliance partners. My work includes prospecting AI startups, running account-based programs for strategic accounts (Samsung, KISTI) with alliance partners (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, Red Hat), operating co-marketing (MDF) budgets, and using Salesforce to track campaign pipeline and ROI.
With a background as a network engineer (AWS and cloud certified), I'm comfortable speaking with technical buyers and connecting technical value to business outcomes. Trilingual in Korean, Japanese, and English, I'm looking to move into a digital sales role.
With a background as a network engineer (AWS and cloud certified), I'm comfortable speaking with technical buyers and connecting technical value to business outcomes. Trilingual in Korean, Japanese, and English, I'm looking to move into a digital sales role.
Experience
Channel & Field Marketing Manager (HPC/AI, Hybrid Cloud Solutions)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Seoul
Jul 2024 — Present
GTM and field marketing for HPE's AI infrastructure (HPC/AI) portfolio in Korea, across startups, enterprise accounts, and alliance partners.
- Identified and engaged emerging AI startups in Korea through cold outreach; qualified partnership opportunities aligned with HPE–NVIDIA AI infrastructure offerings.
- Led account-based marketing programs for strategic accounts (Samsung, KISTI) with NVIDIA and HPE GTM/BU teams, aligning campaign content to account priorities.
- Collaborated with distributors and resellers on joint campaigns, partner enablement, and co-branded customer engagement programs.
- Set up Salesforce dashboards and reports to track campaign pipeline, conversion, and ROI.
- Planned and ran 20+ joint GTM campaigns with NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, and Red Hat to support awareness of AI/GPU infrastructure among Korean enterprises.
- Managed a $300K+ annual co-marketing (MDF) budget across four alliance partners, with 95%+ utilization through ROI-based allocation.
- Produced sales enablement assets (brochures, white papers) by synthesizing event content and technical materials for the sales team.
Technology Consultant — Network
Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Tokyo
Apr 2022 — Jun 2024
Client-facing technical consultant combining hands-on solution design with cross-functional delivery leadership.
- Translated complex technical concepts into clear business value for non-technical decision makers, supporting sales in closing deals.
- Designed multi-datacenter network architectures using VMware NSX overlay networking and HPE Aruba — evaluating trade-offs between latency, redundancy, and operational complexity for enterprise clients.
- Supported Proof-of-Concept engagements end-to-end: scoping, implementation, testing, and evaluation report authoring for enterprise accounts.
- Coordinated cross-functional delivery across partner firms, server teams, and storage teams on multi-vendor implementation projects.
- Developed and delivered technical enablement programs for internal sales teams; received the HPE Japan Director's Award (2023) for impact across engineering, consulting, and enablement.
IT Consultant — STAR Program (Intern)
SAP · Tokyo
Nov 2021 — Feb 2022
- Gained foundational knowledge of enterprise software, ERP product suites, and business operations across finance, logistics, and operations through SAP's global internship program.
- Worked alongside SAP consultants on internal training cases, building literacy in how large enterprises structure their back-office systems.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology (ABD)
The University of Tokyo
2018 — 2026
Comparative historical analysis of foreign-worker admission policies in Korea and Japan. Quantitative methods (R, Stata) on large policy datasets.
M.A., Sociology
The University of Tokyo
2016 — 2018
B.A., Sociology
The University of Tokyo
2011 — 2016
B.S., Computer Science (in progress)
Korea National Open University
2026 — 2028 (exp.)
Personal Projects
Church Operations SaaS
Building a CRM/ERP for small-scale churches — membership, finance, and ministry workflows — with a focus on cost-efficient deployment patterns suitable for small organizations. Submitted to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' "모두의창업 (Startup for All)" competition; the idea was selected by the Seoul Center for Creative Economy & Innovation and awarded ₩2M in early-stage startup funding. Currently running a PoC at a few churches to replace their legacy systems.
STACK Python · Next.js · Supabase · Vercel (AWS-backed)
Research Tooling
Built and maintained web crawlers and custom corpus analysis tools used throughout doctoral research to collect and analyze policy texts and historical archives at scale.
STACK Python · custom crawlers · text-analysis pipelines
Certifications
AWS
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
2024
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
2024
Enterprise Infrastructure
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
2024
VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV)
2024
Networking
F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA)
2023
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
2022