Jimmy Kim is Co-Founder and Partner at SparkLabs Group. He was recently named to Business Insider’s 100 People Transforming Business in Asia list. Previously, he was Co-Founder and President of N3N, an IoT platform company and Cisco’s first global IoT investment. They service numerous Fortune 500 companies and governments, such as Samsung Electronics, POSCO, Port of Singapore, The North Face, and Hyundai Motors. He previously served as N3N’s CEO.

Prior to N3N, Jimmy was CEO of Nexonova, a game development studio of Nexon Corp that specializes in Social Network Games. He was also Nexon’s first CFO for many years (Market Cap: $28 billion). Jimmy also served as Executive Vice President of Nexon Corp, and Head of Nexon’s Portal and Web Services. Nexon is one of the most successful online gaming providers, with games such as Maple Story, Dungeon and Fighter, Combat Arms, and Kart Rider. Nexon services over 20 games across 60 countries to an audience of 300 million. Jimmy was a co-founder of Studio Ex, an online gaming studio that was acquired by Disney in 2012.

Jimmy received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, and also a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).