Dr.Jeongwon Yoon

Dr. Jeongwon Yoon is Executive Director of the National Information Society Agency, Korea. He is responsible for ITPAP (Information Technology and Policy Assistance Program), assisting more than 50 countries in the area of e-Government, Public-Private Sector Promotion and various ICT pilot projects for mobile and smart initiatives. He expanded the program by making partnerships with international organisations such as the UN and World Bank. He launched ICT Cooperation Centres in Mexico, Chile, Bulgaria, South Africa, Vietnam and Turkey, jointly with the respective countries’ governments. Prior to this, he was responsible for reviewing the Korean National Finance System, planning the National Backup Centre and Digital Certification Authority, and developing IT Risk Analysis methodology and Interoperability Standards Guidelines. He also served as the Telecommunication Sector Coordinator (1999-2000) of the International Y2K Cooperation Centre. He was responsible for analysing the Y2K status of the UN’s 200 member countries. As a guest researcher (2001) in National Institute of Standards and Technology in US, he conducted cross-certification testing of Public Key Infrastructures between Korea and US. He has BS and MS degrees in Computer Engineering from California State University, and a PhD in Information Management from Seoul University of Information and Venture.