29 years in Korea. 30th in the U.S.
I moved to the U.S. at 30 to start a new chapter in life. Starting over in a new environment taught me to stay curious, adapt quickly, and look at familiar problems from new perspectives.
How I work
I’m drawn to problems where business rules, operational constraints, and user needs collide. The common thread across my work isn’t the industry, it’s the complexity. I enjoy turning that complexity into clear, usable products by working closely with product, engineering, and business teams.
Over 4+ years, I’ve designed across B2B, B2C, and D2C products, from SaaS, web apps, and native apps to complex enterprise systems. My work has spanned healthcare, commerce, AI, cybersecurity, car-life ecosystem, intelligent ship monitoring, and education, with a consistent focus on making complex systems easier to understand, easier to use, and more valuable to the business.
Commerce (KOR, US)
09.2024 - 10.2025
Wellness
09.2025
Conversational AI
08.2024
Total Car-life Platform
07.2022 - 05.2023
How I use AI
AI is part of how I work, not to replace judgment, but to move faster and think more broadly.
Research & Validation
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini help me quickly cross-check regional and industry-specific regulations, turning a multi-day compliance review into a same-day gut check before I commit design direction.
Prototyping
Figma Make helps me explore multiple structural directions for complex, nested UI flows in hours instead of days. I still design the interaction logic myself, but it removes the friction of testing "what if" layouts early.
Outside of work
Photography and painting help me stay observant, a habit I bring back to my design work.
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