Build
Turn an engineering idea into a working prototype or service.
ENGINEER · ENTREPRENEUR · RESEARCHER
Heedo J. Kim.
From first prototype
to enterprise scale.
I build across hardware, software, and the systems that connect them—bringing a founder’s resourcefulness, enterprise execution experience, and a human-centered engineering perspective.
Hardware & software ventures · Enterprise infrastructure · Automotive HMI
10+Years across engineering, technology & business
2Technology ventures founded
26Intellectual property filings
3Engineering-related bachelor’s degrees
01 / PERSPECTIVE
A builder’s mindset.
A systems perspective.
My career has taken me from developing a physical product to leading an app-platform business, executing enterprise infrastructure programs, and studying human–technology interaction. Each step has expanded the scale of the problems I can take on.
The connection is practical: understand the engineering, make the objective clear, bring the right people together, and stay accountable through execution.
Execute
Connect technology, vendors, people, and budgets to deliver complex work.
Evaluate
Use human factors and usability to ask whether the solution works for people.
02 / SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Built from the ground up.
Executed at scale.
A career spanning physical products, digital platforms, and regulated enterprise systems.
ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE
NongHyup Group
IT Headquarters
Manager · IT Infrastructure
7+ years in enterprise IT
ANNUAL IT INFRASTRUCTURE SPEND
US$769MI personally held direct execution authority for approximately US$769 million in annual IT infrastructure spending.
Individual annual responsibility; includes maintenance and subscription fees.I worked across data centers, servers, infrastructure, cloud, data, and security in a regulated financial environment. My remit extended from analysis and technology review through procurement, implementation, and ongoing management.
- End-to-end responsibility
Connected technology evaluation and spending decisions with implementation and operational needs.
- Multi-year global collaboration
Worked directly and repeatedly with global technology companies on enterprise-scale initiatives.
- Business-critical systems
Led development and maintenance of credit-related systems and contributed to risk-controlled IT operations.
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION
OracleBroadcomAWSIntelIBMGoogle
HARDWARE VENTURE01
Founder & CEO · 2015–2016
E+E
Low-noise hair-dryer technology
With my team, I successfully developed proprietary low-noise hair-dryer technology in a university-based R&D environment. An airflow concept informed by Bernoulli’s principle became the starting point for repeated prototype and test cycles.
✓Core technical development completed
Engineering & execution+
Combined mechanical engineering, airflow design, laboratory collaboration, and iterative prototyping. The experience established an early foundation in taking a physical product from concept through technical development.
Commercialization was constrained by early-stage funding. The engineering achievement was the successful development of the technology.
SOFTWARE VENTURE02
Founder & CEO · 2017–2019
Bagspace
An Android & iOS platform business
I built and operated an app-platform business, leading product strategy, team operations, fundraising, and international sales. I managed a 12-person team and generated sales across more than 10 countries.
12Team members
10+Countries with sales
Venture milestones+
- Raised external investment on multiple occasions.
- Selected for competitive government startup-support programs.
- Led product iteration, hiring, and international market execution.
- Received an M&A approach.
Government support was awarded through competitive selection, rather than procurement contracts.
CAREER THROUGH-LINE
- 01Hardware development
- 02Software entrepreneurship
- 03Enterprise infrastructure
- 04Human-centered research
03 / CURRENT RESEARCH
Designing for the person
behind the interface.
At the University of Michigan–Dearborn, I work with faculty and graduate researchers on automotive human factors, HMI, UI/UX, and ergonomics.
M
University of Michigan–Dearborn
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
March 2025–present
How can navigation highlight a critical event without adding distraction?
I am developing a research direction around dynamic visual emphasis in in-vehicle navigation, including how contrast, route scale, and map perspective affect recognition and attention during events such as sharp curves.
ContextCritical road events
InterfaceSelective visual emphasis
EvaluationRecognition, response & usability
Current focus: refining the research question and experimental approach.
04 / FOUNDATION & RECOGNITION
Engineering depth.
A long-standing habit of invention.
Education
Handong Global University
2010–2017 · Pohang, South Korea
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- B.S. Technology & Start-Up Fusion Engineering
- B.S. Civil / Construction Engineering
Intellectual property
26 filings across patents, utility models, designs, and related invention activity. A record that began as a student and continued through entrepreneurship and enterprise technology.
Granted patent
Aircraft-baggage surplus-space sharing
KR 10-2086004 · 2020
Published application
Bank-branch paperless process re-engineering
KR 10-2023-0110901
Portfolio includes applications and registered rights across different IP categories.
Awards & recognition
Superintendent’s Award for Creativity
Seoul Metropolitan Student Award for Creativity
President’s Award
Youth Idea Competition · University Invention Association
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Award · Silver Prize
National Student Invention Competition
LG Chairman’s Award · Grand Prize
LG Life Science Idea Competition
Grand Prizes · University President & Pohang Mayor Awards
Handong Global University–Pohang startup competitions
Chairman’s and IT-division commendations
NongHyup Group IT HQ · enterprise technology contributions
Technical credentials
- Engineer Information ProcessingKorean National Technical Qualification · Engineer grade
- SQLD · SQL DeveloperSQL querying, data modeling & application
- ADsP · Data AnalyticsAnalytics planning, analysis & visualization
- DAsP · Data ArchitectureData requirements, standards & modeling
- Linux Master · Level 1Linux systems knowledge