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James Woo Kim
Asia Regional Vice President for Yahoo! Search Marketing & CEO of Overture Korea, Overture Japan
James W. Kim brings 22 years of successful operating and turnaround experience in both Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial companies involving new media, internet technologies, telecommunications, and manufacturing / distribution.
Mr. Kim is currently a Regional Vice President (Asia) of Yahoo Inc. As part of his responsibilities, Mr. Kim also serves as CEO of Overture Korea and CEO of Overture Japan(both wholly owned operating subsidiaries of Yahoo Inc.).
Prior to Yahoo, Mr. Kim was the Founding Partner of Palisades Advisors, LLC, a management advisory firm. At Palisades, Mr. Kim has advised and performed senior operating roles for numerous companies. Prior to Palisades, Mr. Kim was the CEO of CORCORAN.COM, the technology “spin-off” of The Corcoran Group which was the largest privately held residential real estate company based in New York CIty.
Prior to CORCORAN.COM INC., Mr. Kim served as CEO of Vivien International, Inc., a multinational manufacturing company. At Vivien, Mr. Kim successfully completed a restructuring, turnaround and recapitalization. Prior to Vivien, Mr. Kim served as the National Marketing Manager at the headquarters of AT&T where he managed various marketing divisions (Personal 800 Service and Profit by Association). Prior to AT&T, Mr. Kim was General Manager of a division of a public company, Com Systems, Inc. (now MCI Worldcom) where he was appointed the youngest General Manager in the company’s history.
Early in his career, Mr. Kim worked in various sales, marketing and sales management capacities at IBM and Wang Laboratories where he learned technology in a formal environment.
Mr. Kim received a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard University.
Mr. Kim is currently a Regional Vice President (Asia) of Yahoo Inc. As part of his responsibilities, Mr. Kim also serves as CEO of Overture Korea and CEO of Overture Japan(both wholly owned operating subsidiaries of Yahoo Inc.).
Prior to Yahoo, Mr. Kim was the Founding Partner of Palisades Advisors, LLC, a management advisory firm. At Palisades, Mr. Kim has advised and performed senior operating roles for numerous companies. Prior to Palisades, Mr. Kim was the CEO of CORCORAN.COM, the technology “spin-off” of The Corcoran Group which was the largest privately held residential real estate company based in New York CIty.
Prior to CORCORAN.COM INC., Mr. Kim served as CEO of Vivien International, Inc., a multinational manufacturing company. At Vivien, Mr. Kim successfully completed a restructuring, turnaround and recapitalization. Prior to Vivien, Mr. Kim served as the National Marketing Manager at the headquarters of AT&T where he managed various marketing divisions (Personal 800 Service and Profit by Association). Prior to AT&T, Mr. Kim was General Manager of a division of a public company, Com Systems, Inc. (now MCI Worldcom) where he was appointed the youngest General Manager in the company’s history.
Early in his career, Mr. Kim worked in various sales, marketing and sales management capacities at IBM and Wang Laboratories where he learned technology in a formal environment.
Mr. Kim received a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard University.
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