Timothy Lee
Senior Advisor
Head of Center, Startup Accelerator,
Korea, Central and South American Association
Senior Advisor
- T. 02-2051-1870
Expertise
Product and Service Design, Strategy, Finance, Investor Attraction
Profile
Lee, Timothy received a computer science degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States, and received a Finance and Accounting M.B.A. from the University of Rochester MBA. Upon graduation, he oversaw the wireless business in the M&A Strategy Office of Verizon’s New York branch, and then worked as an analyst at the New York branch of USB Investment Bank. Mr. Lee has deep expertise in the financial sector, as well as corporate management strategy. He also led the project to establish a Statue University of New York branch school for the Fashion Institute of Technology, and has fostered experts and consulted for global companies.
Mr. Lee is an expert on brand strategies, concept creation, product/service planning and design, providing customized design consulting to companies at all levels of development. Further, he is an expert that provides insight on corporate strategy from a design thinking perspective, as well as in corporate finance. Currently, as the head of the Korean-Latin American Startup Accelerator Center, which supports the investment and growth of Korean and Latin American startups, he is working hard for the startup ecosystem of both countries. Mr. Lee advises on start-up strategy, investor attraction, M&A and finance.
Experience
- 1991-2003
FP&A Strategy Office (Wireless Business) Verizon, NY USA
- 2003-2007
Analyst, UBS Investment Bank, NY USA
- 2014-2015
Secretary General of Asia, Stevens Institute of Technology
- 2017-2019
Project Director, State University of New York, Fashion Institute of Technology branch school
- 2019-present
Head of Center, Startup Accelerator, Korea, Central and South American Association
- 2020-present
Senior Advisor, D’LIGHT Law Group
Education
- 1991
Stevens Institute of Technology, B.Sc. in Computer Science
- 1998
University of Rochester, MBA (Finance and Accounting)
Qualifications
CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), The Association for Investment Management and Research
Languages
Korean and English