Leadership

Kent Chon serves as the President and Chief Executive Office of Gwanak Analog, a position he has held from 2025. Before his current role, Kent has served as the Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Gwanak Analog, where he oversaw sales, marketing, product, operations, and G&A functions. With over 30 years of extensive experience in marketing, product management, and P&L leadership roles, Kent has established exceptional relationships with automotive, industrial, and consumer customers.

Before joining Gwanak Analog, Kent held several senior sales management positions at companies such as Tektronix, Texas Instruments,
ON Semiconductor, and Intersil. These positions included Regional President, President of Korea, Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan Sales, and Vice President of Business Development. Most recently, he served as the Regional President of Tektronix in Japan and Korea, based in Japan, where he successfully accelerated business growth through strategic design wins and market share gains. Kent holds a BSEE degree from Washington State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

KyongWon Lim, Ph.D. serves as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Gwanak Analog, overseeing the R&D group.
Dr. Lim joined the company in 2022, bringing over 30 years of extensive experience in circuit design.

Before joining Gwanak Analog, Dr. Lim held the position of Executive Vice President of the Visual Display R&D group at Samsung Electronics, where he played a pivotal role in product development for major customers. He has also held various R&D management roles at LG Electronics, Conexant Systems, and Teralogic in the United States. Dr. Lim holds a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from KAIST in Korea.

Myeonjib Kim serves as the Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Gwanak Analog. 

With over 30 years of experience in engineering and technology, he has established a distinguished career in system engineering and product development across various industries, seeking for innovation and milestones with technology breakthrough. His unique blend of entrepreneurial experience and corporate leadership ensures a forward-thinking approach to engineering challenges.

Before joining Gwanak Analog, he was Chief Engineer at Humax - played a pivotal role in system engineering and product development, contributing to multiple groundbreaking projects. Afterward, he was Co-founder of Topfield where he spearheaded the establishment and growth, leading the company to success. He holds Master degree in Control and Instrumentation Engineering from Seoul National University. 

Suhwan Kim, founder of Gwanak Analog,  has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer, a position he has held until 2025 before his sudden passing in June 2025.
In addition to his role at Gwanak Analog, Dr. Kim has been a professor at Seoul National University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2004. He also serves as the Chair of the Department of System Semiconductor Engineering for AI, a role he assumed in 2020.

Before these positions, Dr. Kim worked as a Research Staff Member at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, and began his career as a research engineer at LG Electronics Institute of Technology in Korea. He holds a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.