Yongjoo Park

Yongjoo Park has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Their most recent position is as the Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Keebo since September 2022. Prior to this, they held the role of Co-founder and CTO at Keebo from January 2020 to September 2022.

Yongjoo Park also has experience in academia, serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign starting in January 2021. They also held the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor (leap year) at the same university from September 2019 to December 2020.

Prior to their academic roles, Yongjoo Park worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School from August 2017 to July 2019. They also worked as a Research Assistant (GSRA) at the same institution from May 2012 to April 2017.

Yongjoo Park gained industry experience through an internship as a Software Engineer at Amazon.com in 2013. They also worked as a Teaching Assistant (GSI) at the University of Michigan in early 2012.

Their early career includes a role as a Software Developer at Webcash Inc. from December 2008 to May 2011, where they were involved in the Korea Internet Banking project by J. P. Morgan Hongkong and iPhone application developments. They also worked as a Software Developer at the System Electronics Lab at Seoul National University from July 2007 to February 2008.

Overall, Yongjoo Park has a strong background in both industry and academia, with experience in leadership roles, research, teaching, and software development.

Yongjoo Park pursued an extensive education in the field of computer science and engineering. They earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University between 2004 and 2009. Later, from 2011 to 2013, Yongjoo enrolled in the University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science and Engineering. They continued their studies at the same institution and completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computer Science and Engineering between 2013 and 2017.