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I've designed team structures, led more than seven teams, and managed OKRs. In 2021, thanks to all the Buzzvil members, our revenue was almost $70M, which is three times higher than the year before."},{"name":"Buzzvil","position":"Chief Architect","location":"Seoul, South Korea","url":"https://buzzvil.com","startDate":"2018-07-01","endDate":"2020-12-01","summary":"I worked on not only the service architecture, but also team structures of Buzzvil based on the architecture. I successfully migrated Buzzvil's system from monolithic architecture to micro-service architecture (MSA)."},{"name":"42 Company","position":"Co-founder & CEO","location":"Seoul, Seoul, South Korea","url":"https://42technologies.com","startDate":"2016-01-01","endDate":"2018-06-01","summary":"The company ran mobile lockscreen service in India. The service had 8M downloads, and the company got around $4.5M in funding. The company was acquired by Buzzvil, the company I'm working for as CPO(Chief Product Officer)."},{"name":"Ultra Caption","position":"Co-Founder & CEO","startDate":"2011-10-01","endDate":"2015-12-01","summary":"I co-founded the company and took the CEO role from 2013 to 2015. The company received $3M in funding in total. 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