JUDGING PANEL 2025
CEO. JIN-KYU JANG
KOREA / COMPANOID LABS
Dr. Jin-Kyu Jang, as a cognitive scientist, human-computer interaction researcher, and startup investor, has been at the forefront of user-centric innovation. He is the chairman of Companoid Labs, a UX innovation holding company focused on building Next Generation Companies through early-stage startup incubation. The company also leads UX-oriented problem-solving for big tech firms' new businesses, championing partnership-based corporate innovation. Dr. Jang has established two subsidiaries: Companion AI, an AI interface technology company, and CIT, a HCI research firm. In the early 2000s, during the dot-com boom, Dr. Jang founded the startup Iznation Networks, which he successfully exited through M&A within three years. He then pursued academic studies in robotics and computer science, earning a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction. As a startup investor, he has invested in 49 startups both domestically and internationally. He served as an Operating Partner at Asia2G Capital, a Silicon Valley VC, and as a partner at DHP, a startup investment firm, where he invested in over 40 startups. Dr. Jang's professional experience includes roles as a future technology advisor at Samsung Electronics DMC Research Institute and as the head of the HCI research lab at the Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology. His contributions to the industry have been recognized with ministerial commendations from the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2020 and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in 2024.
장진규 의장은 인지과학자, 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용 연구자, 스타트업 투자자로서 사용자 중심의 혁신을 주도해왔다. 컴패노이드 랩스는 UX 혁신 지주회사로 다음 세대 기업을 만드는 것을 목표로 초기 스타트업을 컴퍼니 빌딩 하고 있다. 또한, 빅테크 기업들의 신사업을 포함한 UX 관점의 문제 해결을 주도하여 파트너십 기반의 기업 혁신에 앞장서고 있다. 자회사로 AI 인터페이스 기술 회사인 Companion AI와 HCI 연구 회사인 CIT를 설립했다. 장진규 의장은 닷컴 열풍이 불던 2000년대 초, 스타트업인 이즈네이션 네트웍스를 창립해 3년 만에 M&A를 통해 엑싯 했으며, 그 후 로봇 공학과 컴퓨터 공학을 전공하고 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용 분야로 박사학위를 받았다. 스타트업 투자자로 국내외 49개의 스타트업에 투자했으며, 실리콘 밸리 VC인 Asia2G Capital의 Operating Partner 이자 스타트업 투자사인 DHP의 파트너로서 40여개의 스타트업에 투자했다. 삼성전자 DMC 연구소 미래기술 고문, 차세대융합기술연구원 HCI 연구실장을 지냈으며, 2020년 보건복지부, 2024년 중소벤처기업부로부터 산업에 기여한 공로로 장관 표창을 수여 받았다.
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CEO. Kang Bumkyu
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Director. Huang Zi Yu
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Creative Director. Regina Kwok
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