1415T2g1 South Korea/Participant Information/Lim Junyang Leon

About Lim Junyang Leon

Name: Lim Junyang Leon

Academic Year: 3

Degree: Information Systems Management

2nd Major: Strategic Management (Entrepreneurship)

Interests: Soccer, Tennis, Cuesports, Scouting, Hiking, Camping. Basically anything fun and adventurous :)

Email Address: leon.lim.2012@sis.smu.edu.sg | Email me

Contact: 9476-4232

Why TSM South Korea?

What motivates you to join TSM?
Since I was young, I have been preparing myself to become an entrepreneur before the age of 30. The area of business I would want to venture into would encompass the know-how of using technology to drive businesses. I do my own research and study on how businesses operate in different countries - constantly thinking of ways to capitalize on these knowledge to break potential markets. I strongly believe that the knowledge I have acquired would benefit me greatly in the future when I step into the world on entrepreneurship. TSM presents me a very good opportunity to step out of the books I have read and the privilege of having first hand experience with the Korean tech market and its diverse culture.

Why South Korea?
South Korea is a very unique market till present day. Being relatively poor in terms of its natural resources, it struggled to remain competitive in the early 1960s, 1970s where commodity trading and manufacturing was driving rapid industrialization. It was not until they moved on and focused on the export industry did their growth started to pick up and subsequently, their strategy heading towards a high-tech and innovative industry made them outgrew many countries to become one of the most prominent emerging markets in the technology realm. I am very impressed with how the South Koreans managed to make such a breakthrough and at the vast amount of new creations and technologies developed in their country today.

Internship Opportunities

What types of internship opportunities interest you?

• Tech Consultant

  Mobile App Programmer (Both Andriod and iOS)

  Web Developer (Especially if the company is into the Microsoft stack, asp.net etc. Nothing Personal, just a preference haha.)

  Business Analyst

  Working in tech start-ups

  System Analyst

  Software Engineer

Any ideal firms (based in South Korea) that you wish to join?

• LG Electronics

  Yellow Mobile (A growing start up company focusing on mobile development)

  Samsung

• Hyundai
• Kia (For my love of automobiles)
• Daumn (Web Service provider in Korea, like Google/Yahoo! but much smaller)