Summary
Hanwool Lee is an AI research engineer and emerging leader who bridges frontier AI research with production-grade, scalable applications across finance, gaming, and national AI strategy. With four years of experience, Hanwool has progressed from data and MLOps roles at NCSOFT to AI engineering at Shinhan Securities and now leads research and engineering initiatives as Vice President and Staff Research Engineer at AIM Intelligence while advising the Presidential Council on National AI Strategy. He combines academic rigor—as a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Seoul National University and a former visiting scholar at Yonsei—with hands-on delivery of ML platforms like company-wide DME-ETL and B2B AI products. Comfortable switching between research, management, and implementation, he brings uncommon breadth: corporate consulting experience in financial risk modeling, startup co-founding in social ventures, and practical AI safety work. Based in Seoul, he’s known for turning novel research into robust systems that scale in regulated, enterprise contexts.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Seoul National University
Bachelor's Degree, Sociology, Financial Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Sociology, Financial Engineering at Korea University / 고려대학교
Korean, English, Japanese