Directory

Work Experience

Assistant Professor – Business & Hospitality Management, Wor-Wic Community College, MD – 2019 – Present

Lecturer – School of Management, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, 2016 – 2019

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) – IT Ventures: Mphene LLC, Ithaca, NY, 2020

General Manager & Marketing Director – Tokyo Seoul Restaurant Inc., Syracuse, NY, 2013-2017

President – Dasan-J Restaurant LLC, Ithaca, NY, 2003-2016

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson & Development – Audrey Edelman Realty U.S.A, Ithaca NY, 2012-2016

President – Dasan-J International LLC, Ithaca, NY, 2007-2014

President and Co-founder – Dasan-J Beauty Supply Inc., Ithaca, NY, 2009-2013

Conducted a consulting project for Starwood conference hotel property in Boston

Capital Sales Manager – Kukmin Life Insurance (Current: Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co.), Seoul, Korea, 1991-1996

Community Service

Assisted in fundraising program for HanChum, Korean Traditional Dance Team at Cornell University

Senior Treasurer and Student Advisor at Cornell Bethany Korean Church

Consultant for a Korean Government project to open signature Korean Restaurants in the U.S.

Led a community fundraising program with the Asian Studies Program at Cornell University

Awards

Globalizing Korean Cuisine Project – Conducted research for a documentary called “Learn to Love Kim-chi”, funded by Pendleton Research & Production Grant (Ithaca College)

Publications

Jung, J and Lee, A. The Study of Korean Dining Experience Using Motivation, Perception of Value, and Familiarity through Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention, based on members of the “Y” generation who visited Korean Restaurant in the U.S. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Studies (2016)

Presentations

Presented at IPAFF series (Ithaca Pan Asian American Film Festival) “Korean Wave Panel” – “How to globalize Korean Cuisine in U.S”

Presented Series at SIRES 2006
(Seoul International Restaurant & Equipment Show) “How to expand and reach Korean Cuisine Concept international”

Interests

Travels, Biking, Movies, Learning Foreign Languages, Interacting with Diversity