Simon Lee

Founding US GTM Lead @ VESSL AI

About

Leading VESSL US expansion. Try VESSL AI: cloud.vessl.ai[About me]Hi, I'm Simon, my Korean name is Donghyun (동현). I'm a Canadian-Korean who is living in San Francisco with a genuine passion for Tech Startups.Previously, I was a founding member of Chakancha, a non-profit venture dedicated to Kenyan tea farmers. That experience taught me that tackling hard problems is the best way to create meaningful impact. To sharpen my business toolkit, I spent some time in management consulting as well.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Management Consulting, Strategic Thinking, Financial Accounting, Product Strategy, Project Management, Operations Management, Project Finance, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Problem Solving, Business Strategy, Time Management, Finance, Strategy, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Financial Statement Analysis, Business Analysis, Bloomberg, Balance Sheet

Experience

Founding US GTM Lead

VESSL AI

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

1. 0 to 8 digit TCV 2. Building the US team 3. 0 to 1 on sales, marketing, HR, partnerships Our website: vessl.ai Try out our VESSL: cloud.vessl.ai Check out our docs: docs.cloud.vessl.ai

Business Development Manager

VESSL AI

2025-1 - 2025-6 · 6 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

#1 Business hire in US

Chief of Staff

Terminal X

2023-8 - 2024-6 · 11 mos

Seoul, South Korea

Focused on early business operations and product.

Chief of Staff

ARBEON

2023-3 - 2023-7 · 5 mos

Seoul

Focused on the survival of the company.

Business Analyst

Kearney

2022-2 - 2023-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

Seoul, South Korea

Strategy Group - Energy and Process Industries (EPI) practice, focusing on Oil & Gas, EPC, Green & Renewable Energy. Additional domains include Automotive Software and Chemicals.

Associate Consultant Trainee

Bain & Company

2021-12 - 2022-2 · 3 mos

Seoul, South Korea

Project: PMI - Consumer Product Goods Retail Sector.

Research Assistant

Kearney

2021-10 - 2021-12 · 3 mos

Seoul, South Korea

Long-term Product Planning Strategy - Chemicals Sector

Founding Member

Chakancha Tea

2019-5 - 2020-4 · 1 yr

Seoul, South Korea

ChakanCha is a social venture start-up to help the tea pickers in Kenya who are still suffering from poverty while providing quality tea to our consumers. A key factor of the business model is to provide a portion of sales to the tea pickers directly not through cash, but through various methods, for example, education, food, utility, water supply, and more.