Experience
Research, finance and analytics roles, the tools I work with, and my service in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps.
Experience
Role · Dates-
Research Assistant
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
Jun 2024 – Present
Los Angeles, California, United States
- Standardized 15,000+ firm-year records from SEC filings and commercial databases into a 30-year executive panel for a faculty research program on organization design, closing coverage gaps for 300+ executives.
- Designed a reproducible AI-assisted audit workflow (NotebookLM + Python) that flags role-classification errors and cross-year inconsistencies before analysis, ahead of publication in Strategic Management Journal.
- Launched the public database site (612 firms, 216,018 observations) with a codebook, methods pages and usage guide, making the data usable by researchers with no part in collecting it.
Skills: Python · Data standardization · Data validation · Research documentation · NotebookLM
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Junior M&A Analyst
Sellside Group
May 2025 – Aug 2025
Dallas, Texas, United States
- Presented deal rationale in 8 CEO meetings after running owner outreach for 3 lower-middle-market engagements (one buy-side, two sell-side) ahead of CIM delivery.
- Built repeatable sourcing, screening and outreach workflows by designing a HubSpot screening rubric from client mandate criteria, narrowing 100+ companies to 5 qualified targets.
- Wrote strategic-fit and competitive-dynamics assessments used in client CIMs by analyzing each business’s cost structure, customer concentration and supply-chain position.
Skills: HubSpot CRM · Market screening · Business analysis · Client communication
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Business Analyst Intern
eZar · Internship
Apr 2024 – Jul 2024
Seoul, South Korea · Hybrid
- Built Python scripts that pulled selected financial metrics for a changing list of companies from external data APIs into the web platform, keeping client-facing data current without manual updates.
- Reworked API requests to fetch only the fields the platform displayed, reducing data transferred and speeding up page loads for users.
- Worked with the team to identify which financial metrics mattered most to investors, focusing data collection on the highest-priority figures.
Skills: Python · REST APIs · Data pipelines · Automation
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Statistical Analyst
OneHealthLab · Contract
May 2024 – Jun 2024
Seoul, South Korea · Hybrid
- Built an analysis-ready COVID-19 transmission network in R from raw case-level outbreak records, standardizing inconsistent records and resolving links between cases.
- Applied statistical methods to find patterns in the transmission networks, verifying output accuracy for the research team.
- Built data visualizations that contributed to a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC), July 2025.
Skills: R · Data cleaning · Network analysis · Data visualization
Skills & tools
Tools · MethodsMilitary service
2022 — 2023Sergeant
Republic of Korea Marine Corps
May 2022 – Nov 2023
Gimpo, South Korea · Future Operations team
- Led 55 Marines on the Future Operations team through Ulchi Freedom Shield, the ROK–US combined exercise.
- Interpreted Korean–English in real time between ROK and U.S. forces, bridging language and command structures.
Skills: Leadership · Korean–English interpretation · Cross-cultural communication