Wonjoon Kim is a Vice President of Samsung Global Research, a Professor at the School of Business and Technology Management, KAIST, the Director of KAIST Innovation Strategy and Policy Institute. He is also a Vice President of The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) and the President of Asian Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (AIEA).
He has been the Head of the Graduate School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Head of the Graduate School of Bio Innovation Management, and the Director of KAIST Center for Overseas Development. Before he joined KAIST, he has been an Adjunct-Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, New York University and a Research Fellow at the Yale School of Management. He has been conducting and publishing numerous research on innovation strategy and policy for firms, industries, and governments.