Surim Kim
CTO at itdaa (잇다)
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolSurim Kim is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Seoul with 13 years of experience building product-focused engineering teams and shipping web and embedded systems. As CTO of Itdaa since 2019 and a former founder/CTO at Zipbob, he blends strategic leadership with hands-on development—particularly as a principal programmer and Rubyist. His background includes R&D at LG Electronics and advanced training in embedded systems (MSc), giving him a practical edge on low-level integration as well as high-level product architecture. Known for moving smoothly between advisory and operational roles, he helps startups scale technical roadmaps while keeping a developer mindset. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates complex constraints into pragmatic engineering plans and continuously mentors engineers across the stack.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Embedded System, Master's degree, Embedded System at 경북대학교(Kyungpook National University)
Korean, Chinese, English
Github Skills (54)
pixabay10
vpn10
naver10
proxy10
trojan9
xray9
kill9
v2ray9
android9
tun8
linux8
eager-loading8
transparent-proxy8
eager8
omniauth8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kimsuelim/pixabay
Jan 2016 - Jun 2017
A Ruby API for https://pixabay.com
Contributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 5 months
pixabayapiruby-apiruby
kimsuelim/dotfiles
Jun 2012 - Jul 2022
Contributions:77 commits, 39 pushes in 10 years 2 months
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