John Kim
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John Kim is a product designer and serial internet entrepreneur. Starting his career as a car & motorcycle designer for Honda, Kim helped design several products including the first generation Acura TL and Honda Civic from the early 1990s. He left Honda to become an early employee of Yahoo! Inc. and has since became an expert in the field of ubiquitous computing. Kim is a decorated former US Army paratrooper and has degrees from Stanford University and Ohio State University. He now resides in Asia and has spent the last several years advising government leaders from developing countries such as Nigeria and the UAE on their national IT development policies.
Kim has gained a following in South Korea for his work with the Korean government to try to build a next generation wireless broadband infrastructure throughout the country and for his work to establish a ubiquitous city called New Songdo City. He's frequently quoted in the Korean press and TV regarding his views on economic development through public IT infrastructure investment.
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