Archi KyoungRok Kong is a seasoned professional with 19 years of experience in corporate strategy, business development, strategic partnerships, and equity investment. His main focus is leading digital transformation journeys in large-sized enterprise companies. He has a strong ability to identify tech-driven innovations and new business initiatives through engagement with VCs, opinion leaders, and entrepreneurs. Archi is a frequent lecturer to Silicon Valley VC firms and has a proven track record of delivering strong digital transformation projects with partner developments, equity investment, and new business incubations. He often provides mentorship for business development and go-to-market strategy to first-time founders.

Archi holds a graduate certificate in Management of Technology from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, a Master's Degree in MSIT eBiz technology from the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. He has also studied Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Architecture Engineering from Hanyang University.

Archi has held many significant positions during his career, including being the Director & Leader of Open Innovation, Strategic Investments & Partnerships for Digital Transformations at CJ America, Inc. Before that, he was a Senior Manager of Open Innovation, Corporate Venturing(CVC) & Strategic Partnerships at Lenovo. He was also the Principal of Digital Transformation & Open Innovation, Partnership and Corporate Venturing at Samsung SDS. Archi has also held managerial positions at Samsung SDS and LG CNS Co., Ltd. He started his professional career as a Software Engineer at Softweb.