The Peak
A decade in front of audiences and clients — three languages, world stages, luxury brands: the height of one career. And I learned that no stage, however dazzling, shines without the operation holding it up.
- 2017Asia Culture Center ACT Festival — Technical Director (a showcase of world-renowned artists incl. Ryuichi Sakamoto)
- 2017KNOCK Indonesia — PM (a forum joined by Soo-Man Lee, former SM Entertainment chairman)
- 2016 & 2017Busan AD STARS — Assistant PM
- 2016Insurance-Crime Prevention Merit Awards — Assistant PM
- 2016Short Track World Championships — external relations & English interpreting
- 2015Abu Dhabi expo for construction-reinforcement material manufacturers — English interpreting & consulting
The Pause
One decision changed the trajectory: I stepped off the stage to provide for my family.
2019 ~ 2022
For three years I ran the family's fried-chicken shop — eight-plus hours a day of physical labor, plus all the marketing, done with my own hands for my family. We grew it to 2.5× monthly revenue.
That kitchen is why I trust software only after it survives a dinner rush — and it became the seed of KitchenFlow. The stage had taught me to run an operation; the counter taught me to build one.
The Regrowth
At forty, in a new city and a new country, I started over in a field where I had neither experience nor connections — and got up to speed faster than anyone. From enterprise-grade systems to B2B and B2C, that range made me what I am now: an end-to-end engineer and high-end solopreneur who designs, builds, ships and runs it all, alone.
My own product: ordering, inventory and an AI back-office for restaurants — three frontends and one API, designed and built solo (FastAPI · React Native · RAG). Born from running a restaurant myself.
Selected engineering work
Full Bloom
David vs Goliath
Not once did I walk away from an unfair fight life put in front of me — and every time, I got back up. This is where all of it finally comes together.
Interpreter, marketer, restaurateur, engineer — no single one of those could have won what came next. But all of them together could. A lifetime of being underestimated turned out to be the preparation.
On my own — in a second language, not my mother tongue — I took Hertz to small-claims court. And I won.— Judgment for the plaintiff. A global giant, answered by one person who refused to let an injustice slide.
I know what it's like to be ground down by a system that's counting on you to quit. I didn't — and I have the record to prove it. This proof shouldn't stay mine alone. So I decided to share what I'd learned.
Know your rights and meet the system head-on, and we grow stronger than the system that's waiting for us to just let it slide.
