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Bernard Moon

Bernard is Co-founder and Advisor to GoingOn Networks, a social media platform for companies and organizations. He was recently their VP of Business Development where responsible for developing the business model and securing strategic partnerships with various technology companies in advertising, search, analytics, and infrastructure. He led the initial product development where BusinessWeek recognized the GoingOn platform in their "Best of the Web" list for 2007. He also serves as an advisor to Innotive (an interactive multimedia platform), Fidgt (web 2.0 address book), and Qbox (online music tagging & utility tool).

Previously, he was interim Director of Strategic Planning & Sales at Innotive Corp., a multimedia and digital publishing software company based in Seoul, Korea. During the same period, he served as a capital raising agent for a bulge-bracket firm’s Asia investment banking group, such as a $100 million capital raise for a new digital animation studio. Previously, he led a failed effort to start an early-stage venture capital fund in Asia with a focus on China and Korea. Prior to this, Bernard was a Director at iRG, a leading boutique investment bank in Asia, where he focused on TMT (Telecommunications-Media-Technology) companies and provided such services as market entry strategies, M&A advisory, and capital raising.

Prior to iRG, Bernard was Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development & Marketing at HeyAnita Korea, a leading voice recognition solutions provider and a joint venture between HeyAnita, Inc. and Softbank. He helped to build the company from its conceptual stage to a 54-person operation. Additionally, he assisted in the closing of the company’s two rounds of financing totaling $14.5 million, including $7.5 million during an economic downturn. The company is currently profitable and gained over $13 million in revenues for 2006.

Prior to joining HeyAnita, Bernard was Co-Founder and Vice President of Strategic Development for Chicago-based View Plus, Inc., a video-on-demand company. He initiated and secured partnerships with companies such as Oracle and Scientific-Atlanta, and assisted in securing $600,000 in angel financing and secured series A financing of $33 million. Additionally, he gained experience in the strategic planning unit of Digital City Chicago, a partnership with the Tribune Co. and AOL. He also served as a legislative liaison to Governor Jim Edgar of Illinois on issues of healthcare and disabilities.

Bernard completed a post-graduate fellowship with the Coro Foundation, which was an experiential-based leadership program that examined the U.S. democratic governing process. He currently serves on the Coro National Alumni Association's board of directors and the Shih Yu-Lang Central YMCA's board of managers. He also was co-founder the Mirae Foundation, a national Korean American non-profit organization and parent organization of KASCON (Korean American Students Conference), and currently serves on its board of directors. He has also served on the N.A.A.C.P. - Springfield's executive board.

He received his MPA in Telecommunications and New Media Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in English and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Specialties & Interests: entrepreneurism, company building, capital raising, u.s. politics, government, nonprofit work, new media, telecom, wireless, software, online video gaming, video-on-demand, video game playing, basketball, skiing, eating, more eating, and cooking high fat and high cholesterol foods.

David Moon
Dave is involved in various early-stage companies as an advisor. He formerly headed international corporate development for NHN Corporation, which operates Naver (leading portal in South Korea) and Hangame (leading casual gaming company in the world). He focused on extending their presence and brand throughout the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. through partnerships and acquisitions. Dave led NHN's $100 million acquisition of Ourgame.com, China's leading casual gaming company. He built out part of their operations in Japan and led the establishment of NHN's online gaming operations in the U.S.

He has a graduate degree in Political Economy from UC-Berkeley (ditched his Ph.D. program for Hangame) and BA in Political Science and Mathematics from Brown University. Dave thinks everyone should learn arithmetic from first principles and begin a life-long study and appreciation of Godel's theorem in elementary school.

Dave says he is without a doubt the smartest liberal that Bernard has ever met.

Dave enjoys:
Sports... combative sports, sports you play with a ball, sports with no swimming, sports you can play while drinking and smoking (pool, darts, bowling, video games).

Music... jazz (bop and post-bop), hip hop, classical, all popular music before the late-70's, don't like country music.

*Note by Bernard: Though I despise his political views since he's even left of Ted Kennedy and is fluent in French, he has become one of my closest friends I've made during my stay in Asia. We bond because we both enjoy cooking and eating. We connect because we like to play video games, drink together, and debate each other until our emotions boil over.

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