Scott Kim Profile

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Scott Kim is the CEO of NEOFECT USA / Co-founder of NEOFECT San Francisco, California and one of the founders of its parent company, NEOFECT, a rehabilitation technology company headquartered in South Korea. Prior to joining NEOFECT, Scott held positions including Management Consultant and Product Management within the software and gaming industries, including mobile gaming companies such as GREE, Z2 (now King) and 505 Games. He has also been a successful startup founder.

Scott was born with spinal bifida and has undergone surgery; thus he has a unique understanding and perspective of rehabilitation. This, coupled with his prior experience in the gaming software industry, contributes to his ability to create the games and software for the NEOFECT Smart Glove in the US market. NEOFECT’s gamified rehabilitation training solutions help stroke survivors and people with spinal cord injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, or neurological conditions regain independence and live fuller, more active lives. And Scott understands the need for these solutions both from a patient and provider perspective.

Education

University of Virginia Darden School of Business MBA
Korea University BBA, Business Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School Business Administration

Experience

Neofect
CEO, NEOFECT USA
San Francisco, CA

  • Redefining the home rehabilitation for stroke survivors with "gamified" training, the FDA-registered NEOFECT Smart Gloves, and additional products. NEOFECT went through an IPO in Nov 2018 on the KOSDAQ (Stock# 290660). https://www.neofect.com/en

[505 Games]
Director of Product Management
Calabasas, CA

  • Midcore games product monetization. Product turnaround efforts netted record KPI metrics. https://505games.com/

[King]
Product Lead
Seattle, WA

  • Lead Product Manager until Z2 got sold to King.com, the Candy Crush maker. https://king.com/

[Z2]
Senior Product Manager
Seattle, WA

  • Product Owner/Lead PM of Battle Nations, a 3.5+ year old iOS/Android game with consistent presence on the top grossing gaming chart in the US. Z2 got acquired by King.com in Feb 2015.

[GREE International, Inc]
Product Manager
San Francisco, CA

  • Knights & Dragons (Guild War, gacha, PvP) - iOS top 10 grossing in the US Modern War (World Domination) - iOS top 10 grossing in the US Book of Ashes, Reign of Dragons 2-time GREE Hackathon winner. https://corp.gree.net/jp/en/

[Equilar]
Product Manager
Redwood City, CA

[Hilltop Digital]
Co-founder/Product Lead
San Francisco, CA

  • Assisted team with unity-based arcade iOS game (Ninja Shuffle).

NEOFECT

Co-founder

  • Established a start-up while attending Business School which developed the "smart glove" - a digital rehab solution with game contents focused on stroke patients. Raised multiple seed rounds.

  • In addition, launched the mobile game "City of OZ" in the Korean Android market. The game was the first-of-its-kind location-based social game with m-commerce feature.

Mercer

Senior Consultant

Nemo HCG

Senior Consultant Promoted from Consultant level

Languages

Spanish (Professional Working)
Italian (Elementary)
French (Limited Working)

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