Kangwook Lee
CAIO at KRAFTON Inc.
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolKangwook Lee is a technology leader with 13 years of experience bridging cutting‑edge research and product-grade AI systems, currently serving as CAIO at KRAFTON and CTO of Ludo Robotics. He rose from academic roots—PhD and MS in EECS from UC Berkeley and faculty roles at KAIST and the University of Wisconsin–Madison—to lead deep learning efforts in industry, running KRAFTON’s Deep Learning Division before promotion to CAIO. His background includes hands‑on research in distributed storage and coding for computing performance, giving him a rare blend of systems thinking and ML expertise. Kangwook routinely translates advanced research into operational teams and products, having built MVPs in early internships and scaled R&D into company strategy. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, he pairs tenure‑track academic rigor with startup tempo, making him adept at turning theoretical advances into commercial AI capabilities.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
English, Korean
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Github contributions (3)
yanlisa/P2PVideoShare
Feb 2013 - Aug 2013
Contributions:260 commits in 5 months
kw1jjang/nanoGPT-BVV
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
A small-sized GPT, trained on synthetic BVV text
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 day
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