Seungmyung is an entrepreneur, an AI engineer, and a mathematician at heart. A gold medalist at the 45th International Mathematics Olympiad, he seeks to apply his mathematical prowess into building a product that would serve the common good. He leads DESILO with the vision that data should flow free and be utilized everywhere. Before co-founding DESILO, Seungmyung was a co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Streami, one of Korea’s top five cryptocurrency exchanges. He holds an MS in Financial Mathematics, a BS in Mathematics and a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

Howard is a multidisciplinary thinker and a strategist. At DESILO, His focus is on finding the product-market fit between privacy-enhancing technologies and the industry. Before co-founding DESILO, Howard worked with Seungmyung at Streami as Head of Strategy and Product Manager. He holds an MA in Philosophy from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and a BA in Philosophy from Sungkyunkwan University. He also studied computer engineering at University of Waterloo.

Yongdae is a data scientist with an eye for business opportunities and applications. At DESILO, he is building the research and analysis framework necessary for the application and commercialization of the unique technologies of DESILO. Before joining DESILO, Yongdae did data analysis and business planning at Hyundai Heavy Industries. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering with a Specialty in Data Mining and Machine Learning from Seoul National University, and a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

Donghoon comes from more than 18 years of research experience in cryptography and high performance computing. At DESILO, he leads research and related software development on various privacy-enhancing technologies with a focus on homomorphic encryption, in an effort to develop distinguished products and achieve technological leadership. Before joining DESILO, Donghoon was at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) as a Research Master, a position granted to most distinguished researchers at the institute, working on privacy preserving computing and high performance computing. At SAIT, he built and led the homomorphic encryption research team, spearheading one of the frontier projects of the institute. He holds PhD in ICT Engineering from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST).

Joo Hyung is an engineer commited to create value from data. At DESILO, he builds systems that enable utilization of valuable yet sensitive data. He believes that software development is a team effort, and strives to build a productive and growing team. Before DESILO, Joo Hyung worked as a machine learning engineer in various domains including finance, trading, smartphone, and search engines. At Google, he worked as a software engineer to developed various data systems, including TensorFlow and Google Assistant. He holds PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and BS in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University.