Ki H. Kim

Ki H. Kim is a Director of Engineering at Urban Insight, a position they have held since 2016. Prior to that, they were an adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern California from 2006-2011, teaching a popular graduate-level course on using the Internet and web technologies for enhancing public participation and civic engagement. From 2012-2015, Ki owned and operated OpenComment, a civic tech software-as-a-service product that allowed for public commenting on documents; the product was acquired in 2015. From 1997-2000, Ki served as the Executive Director for ICDC Nonprofit Housing Corporation, developing multifamily affordable housing in Los Angeles through public, private, and tax-credit financing. Before that, they worked as Managing Editor for The Planning Report from 1995-1998 and as an Analyst for the City of Los Angeles from 1993-1995. Ki began their career in 1991 as Network Manager for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Ki H. Kim's educational career includes a Master of Planning from the University of Southern California, a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and certifications from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, Amazon Web Services, HubSpot, United States Department of Defense, GSA, and Microsoft.

Ki H. Kim works with Jon Kang - Web Developer, Lehel Mátyus - Director, Front-End Engineering, and Jimmy Fikes - Web Developer. Some direct reports include Eswar Dongari - Associate Web Engineer, Oleksandr Grygorash - Senior Web Engineer, and Richard Gilbert - Web Engineer. Their manager is Mark Dischler, CTO.