Jiwoong Kong

CEO at Taeyang Chemical in Dongwha group Strategic planning and execution Leadership in R&D, technological and business innovation Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management Innovation and change management

COO at Taeyang Chemical in Dongwha group Operational Strategy Development and Execution Overseeing Daily Operations Process Optimization and Team / Resource Management Performance Monitoring and Reporting Innovation and Change Management New business development

Product specialist at 3M / Global ePowertrain Lab (Automotive and Aerospace Solutions Division) * Lead EV battery solutions development - Cell Expansion Foam (Cushioning) for pouch cell - Gap spacer - Thermal runaway barrier to prevent thermal propagation

Industrial expert / Global EMI Lab (EMSD) * New customer & business development for Asia market - Communication Infrastructure - Consumer electronics - Semiconductor, OSAT * Global Leader of EMI/EMC solutions development for Semiconductor chip package

Product development specialist / Global EMI Lab (EMSD) * Global Leader of EMI/EMC solutions development for Semiconductor chip package - Led low frequency EMI shielding film development for SiP (system in package) - Led thermal heat spreader development for SiP, wafer level package * Led Thermal management solution development for Consumer electronics and SSD market - Developed softer thermally conductive interface tape - Developed lots of metal based heat spreader * Led high performance EMI absorber development for Aerospace, 5G Infrastructure * New customer & application development - Developed new customer engagement in Consumer electronics, OSAT market

Manufacturing Manager * Led Production management & Facility maintenance * Project management - Collaborations between the Company and industrial partners * Led Sales and Operations Planning * Led CAPEX project, Process engineering & process standardization - Plant Capa. up T/F - Semi-automation production system

* Performed Quality & Technical manager * Led product development, process engineering and customer technical service - New product development : Phenol novolac resin / Novolac epoxy resin / Non-flammable epoxy / Epoxy hardener - Process engineering, process standardization : Optimized formulation and process : Set up new filtering system for electronic applications * Led collaboration work with other business functions on a regular basis (R&D, product management, operations, marketing & regulation) * Business & application development - Strong customer engagement - Developed new CCLs customer at China, Taiwan & Japan market * Led customer technical service & quality assurance - Customer trouble shooting specialist * T/F member of Sales and Operations Planning system establish (co-work with Accenture)

* R&D engineer & Project leader * Product development - Developed Phosphorus-containing flame retardant for epoxy hardener (World 1st) (Patent : WO 2010114279A3) - Developed MDI modified epoxy resin for high Tg CCLs (Patent : KR 1020110021585) - Developed Hard mask matrix resin for semiconductor lithography process (World 1st) - Developed Tetra phenylol ethane novolac (TPE) for epoxy intermediate (World 2nd) - Developed continuous process of phenolic resin - Developed epoxy modifier for marine paint coating (Patent : KR 1020090085694) - Led Development of Aniline modified benzoxazine (Patent : KR 1020070113625) * Process engineering - Established pilot equipment & testing for CCLs application - Designed /established Batch & continuous hybrid pilot for phenolic resin - Designed /established semi-continuous pilot for epoxy resin proto sampling * TF member of new Business and Plant construction project - Epoxy resin new business development & plant construction - Phenolic resin new plant construction * Deep knowledge about electronic device, automotive and marine paint coating applications