Academic & Professional Experience

Academic Experience

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Teaching Assistant (August 2008 - Present)

Fall 2009

Ÿ                     IST 445H Globalization Trends and World Issues (Instructor: Andrea Tapia, Ph.D.)

Ÿ                     SRA 471 Risk, Informatics and the Post Modern World (Instructor: Andrea Tapia, Ph.D.)

Fall 2008

Ÿ                     IST 452 Legal & Regulatory Environment of Privacy & Security (Instructor: John Bagby, J.D.)

Ÿ                     IST 453 Legal, Regulatory, Policy Environment of Cyber Forensics (Instructor: John Bagby, J.D.)

Professional Experience

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Information Policy Specialist (Spring 2009)

Helped installation of iPass-related policy program at the IT Office at the College of Information Sciences & Technology

KOREA FINANCIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS & CLEARING INSTITUTE (KFTC)

Seoul, South Korea

Research Analyst (January 2003 - April 2007)

* KFTC, a national automated clearing house (ACH) provides the core infrastructure for the nation's banking industry in Korea. It operates 12 interbank payment systems including Interbank Funds Transfer Network, Automated Teller Machine Network, Home/Firm Banking Network, Local Bank Information Network, Housing Subscription Network, Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) Network, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) Network and others. KFTC processed 4.9 billion (17 million daily) interbank payment transactions, 8.1 trillion USD in value (28 billion USD daily) in 2006. KFTC also operates two national financial security centers - Korea Financial Information Sharing and Analysis Center (KF-ISAC) and Digital Certificate Center.

Ÿ                     Conducted research on policy issues in electronic banking and information technology.

Ÿ                     Authored research articles, some of which were referenced and quoted in newspapers and research papers published by banking and economic research institutes.

Ÿ                     Achieved the status of the youngest CISA in the history of the Institute by passing the CISA exam in 2006.

Ÿ                     Advised as an information technology specialist to the working group on 'Electronic Fund Transfer & Payment Service Bill' (2006) in South Korea from January to August in 2005

Ÿ                     Represented the Institute in the talk with the directors from Department of Payment & Settlement Systems at People's Bank of China (PBOC)

* CISA is a certification formally approved by the US Department of Defense in their Information Assurance Technical category (DoD 8570.01-M).