Dr. Kang-Won Lee

Dr. Kang-Won Lee is Head of Cloud Labs at SKT. He leads cloud-based digital transformation, and development of virtualization technology, 5G mobile edge cloud (MEC), AI inference in the cloud, and Blockchain as a Service (BaaS). In blockchain space, his team developed a consortium blockchain platform called STON, and developing new blockchain applications for blockchain-based DID, membership points, and telco infrastructure management. Before SKT, Kang-Won worked at IBM Watson Research Center in New York for 14 years and contributed to major IBM products (Informix, Tivoli, etc.). Kang-Won has more than 20 years of experience in information technology. He co-authored a book, 100+ technical articles, and 50+ patent applications. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and IEEE Senior Member. Kang-Won received a PhD in CS from UIUC.