Ace Shim

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder & CEO at Hopae (500 Global W23)

  • Education

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      2011 - 2018
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: University of Illinois Chorus / Crossway, Religious RSO Merit Program for Emerging Scholar

  • Experience

    • Seoul National University

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
      Reseach Internship

      Worked in MARG (Music and Audio Research Group).Built final demo programs for the project "Development of Song-Lyric Automatic Alignment System".Invented an electronic korean traditional drum.Performed the custom built instrument at HCI Korea 2015

    • Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense

      Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
      Squad Leader / Head IT Technical Support Assistant

      Enforced security policy.Automated tasks with shell scripts.

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      May 2016 - Aug 2017
      Student System Admin

      Engineering IT Shared Services - Infrastructure TeamAuthentication & Authorization between Linux client and Windows Server.SSSD / Krb5 for authentication / LDAP for authorization. Migrating user groups from entire UIUC database. Currently, 1700+ machines use the program.

    • Project Haus, Wakeupcrew

      Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
      Co-Founder, Web Developer, Blockchain Developer

      - Designed private token based on Ethereum blockchain name Haus (ERC20 Token)- Preparing Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in mid-October- Co-living, co-working, co-playing environment using blockchain technology using Haus token.

    • LG CNS

      Dec 2018 - Apr 2021
      Blockchain Researcher

      - Performed research advanced topics in blockchain technologies such as Self-Sovereign Identities, Decentralized Digital Identity, Interoperability, Blockchain Oracle, and cross-chain contracts.

    • SSIMeetup Korea

      Aug 2019 - Sept 2023
      Lead Organizer

      Lead editor translating- W3C Decentralized Identifiers (KOR)- W3C Verifiable Credentials (KOR) - officially registered

    • Noder

      Sept 2019 - Jan 2021
      Columnist
    • TTA

      Jan 2021 - Sept 2023
      ICT International Standard Expert

      https://expert.tta.or.kr/intro/explist.doWorking on W3C CCG, PICG, DIWG

    • Blockchain Labs, Inc.

      May 2021 - Jan 2022
      Head of Product / Director

      Director of COOV- 43M DAU, the official app of South Korea for COVID-19 vaccination pass- Tech: W3C DID/VC(Decentralized Identifiers/Verifiable Credentials)- Performance: 7ms average API response, 12.5k tps max in production with public, permissioned blockchain- UX: Won iF 2022 award

    • Hopae

      Apr 2022 - now
      Co-founder and CEO

      Hopae provides lightweight, scalable DIDaaS (Decentralized Identity as a Service).We help governments and business transform their credential issue/verify system into reusable and privacy-preserving way.

    • 500 Global

      Aug 2023 - now
      Founder

      Hopae raised pre-seed from 500 Global

    • OpenWallet Foundation

      Apr 2024 - now
      Technical Advisory Committee
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CCNA

      Cisco
    • LPIC-1

      Linux Professional Institute
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Salvation Army on Dec 2000
      Salvation ArmyAssociated with Ace Shim