Inspiration for Digital Change
Being a 
Digital Evangelist

Seongcheol Kim received his BBA and MBA from Seoul National University in Korea and an MA in Telecommunication and PhD in Mass Media from Michigan State University in the U.S. From 1989 to early 2008, Dr. Kim has worked for SK Group, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Information and Communication University (currently KAIST). He is the former president of the Korean Association for Information Society (KAIS) and Korea Media Management Association (KMMA), and the former director of Korea University Library. He is now an outside director of KT and Studio Dragon Corp., the senior outside director of Korea Communication Agency (KCA), the chairman of Global K-FAST Alliance, and a board member of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS). He received the Order of Merit from the President of Korea in 2018. He also received the Seoktop Research Award of Korea University 8 times and the Seoktop Teaching Award of Korea University 14 times. He became the winner of the 2022 Academic Achievement Award presented by Korea University Alumni Association (KUAA). His research was selected as one of the Top 50 Research Achievements of National Research Foundation of Korea, so he received the Commendation from the Minister of Ministry of Education in 2022. He received the Commendation from the Minister of Ministry of Science and ICT in 2023 because the Smart Media Service Research Center was selected as top 3 research centers among 67 government-supported university research centers.