Hi, my name is Vince. – I am a “yes and” thinker, a multidisciplinary problem solver, an enthusiastic doer, a people organizer, and a peer career advisor.

Who am I

StrengthFinder top 5: positivity, futuristic, strategic, achiever, and maximizer.

I was born in South Korea, immigrated to Canada at age 12, and did my higher education in the US.

Through a process of self-discovery that has progressed from studying STEM to advising Fortune 500 C-level executives to implementing USAID-funded healthcare programs in Tanzania to leading the launch of an education venture for a company builder in Colombia, I've pushed myself in a variety of contexts and learned a lot about what I like, what I am good at, and where I can contribute the most.

Now, I'm working on mobilizing my accumulated human and social capital to tackle a deep, systemic problem through an innovative business solution - with a rockstar team that collectively possesses the right purpose, drive, adaptability, empathy, diversity, and silliness to make change happen while having a blast.

Professional experience:

Business Designer, Polymath Ventures (Bogota, Colombia)

Healthcare Project Manager, Touch Foundation (Mwanza, Tanzania)

Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company (Boston)

M&A Investment Banking Analyst, Credit Suisse (NY)

Education:

Masters in International Development, Harvard

Bachelors in Ops Research & Financial Engineering, Princeton

What I'm working on

Harvard MPA/ID
Economics-centered multidisciplinary masters program that focuses on applying the right set of analytical tools to diagnose the most binding constraints and design context-specific solutions for deep, systemic development problems

Beantown Startup Studio
Taking a team-first, design-centric approach to concepting and building a new startup that solves a meaningful problem

College to Career
Career tidbits for college students

Other things I like to think about

Multidisciplinary problem solving.
Social entrepreneurship.
International development.
Responsible innovation.
Empathetic economics.
Equitable access to opportunities.
People development.
Human capital management.
Organizational psychology.
Iterative learning.
Design thinking.
Data analysis.
Efficient processes.
Authentic leadership.
Self improvement.
Globetrotting.
Cultural exchanges.

Life’s silly moments.