Sunghee Kim is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. Prior to joining the University of Utah, he held academic positions at The State University of New York Korea, University of Maryland Global Campus, and Yonsei University. Earlier in his career, He began his professional journey as a CPA and business consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Korea and later co-founded a startup company. He earned his Master of Science in Business Administration - Accounting, a Bachelor of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Education from Seoul National University. His main research interests lie in Financial Accounting, Accounting Standards, and Financial Statement Analysis. As a dedicated educator, he has consistently delivered lectures on accounting and finance, particularly to entrepreneurs of startup companies. His credentials and awards include a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license from the Washington State Board of Accountancy in the United States, an Enrolled Agent (EA) designation from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, a Foreign Certified Public Accountant from the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certificate of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Talent Medal of Korea presented by the President of the Republic of Korea. He served with the Eighth United States Army as a Korean Augmentation to the United States Army. His service was recognized with the Army Commendation Medal and two Army Achievement Medals. Beyond his military service, Sunghee Kim has actively supported veterans. He had held key roles in organizations like the Korea Defense Veterans Association, KATUSA Veterans Association, and the Korea-US Alliance Foundation.

Dr. Byoung-gyu Gong is an assistant professor of the information system at the David Eccles School of Business located in University of Utah Asia Campus. He received his doctoral degree in Education Policy and Evaluation from Arizona State University. Before joining the UAC as a faculty member, he served as a data scientist at the Sorenson Impact Center, a think tank implementing and developing strategy for impact finance and investing. In there, he led the development of business intelligence systems by creating data dashboards that can automate and visualize big data analysis. Also, he has been involved in a variety of projects designed to enhance scientific and data-driven decision making for the profit and non-profit businesses. One of his most recent research projects with Gates Foundation was creating data dashboards that can automatically collect, clean, analyze, visualize, model, and predict trends in the higher education of the US, helping decision makers and general public to gain data-driven insights. Academically, he has focused on the computational and statistical methods to analyze and solve social problems, processing large-sized socio-economic data, and published multiple papers to the journals using advanced statistical analysis methods.

Hak-Yoon Kim is an Assistant Professor of Management at the David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah Asia Campus. Prior to joining the UAC, she was a faculty member at the University of Nottingham China Campus. Hak-Yoon received her PhD in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University and a master’s degree in Organizational and Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on work-family issues, emotions and affect at work, leadership, and uncivil treatment at work. Prior to embarking on an academic career, Hak-Yoon worked as a human resources consultant for Hay Group, now Korn Ferry Hay Group.