Summary
Hyungwon Chae is a CEO and founder with a decade of experience building blockchain-enabled products and fan-centric digital platforms from Seoul. He leads Matchark/Linethree, turning football clubs into fan-owned digital assets, and combines executive strategy with hands-on engineering roots in Hyperledger Fabric, Ethereum and Go-based microservices. Previously he designed token platforms, authored white papers and ran developer education initiatives, bringing both technical depth and ecosystem-building experience. His background includes full-stack development, data-driven product work from early-stage startups, and reviewing 1000+ Udacity projects—evidence of strong mentorship and technical evaluation skills. A former squad leader in the UN Command Security Battalion, he pairs operational discipline and cross-cultural communication with startup agility.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Nanodegree Self Driving Car, Nanodegree Self Driving Car at Udacity
Bachelor of Science - BS Civil Environmental Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Civil Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Korean, English