Our Team

Founded by top tier engineers specialized in Search, Deep Learning and MRC

Founders

42Maru was founded by search and AI experts to create a semantic QA service based on the know-how accumulated during the development of search technology at Empas and SK Communications Nate.

Our founders are locally known the “Search Mafia” and have over 20 years of experience in search industry as well as commercial experience building a search engine that outperformed the market share of Google in Korea

CEO DK Pitching at Techstars

D.K. Donghwan Kim

CEO
Previous experience: Chief Director of Search Division of SK Communications and Head of Search Dept. at Empas

Senior Members

Hans KIM

Chief Technology Officer. +32 years of related work experience.

Jerry JEONG

Head of QA Technology. +18 years Network S/W development.

Yuzu KWON

Head of QA Engineering. +18 years Search Engine development.

Leo KIM

Head of QA Intelligence. +14 years Search Engine development.

Dante SUNG

Head of NLP Platform. +17 years Programming development.

Ahri SON

Head of QA Design. +12 years Planning.

Gilje SEONG

Head of QA and Strategy. +9 years related experience.

Harry KWON

Sales Director. +15 years Sales experience.

Jason LEE

Head of Business Innovation Team. +17 years in Sales experience.

Allen CHANG

Head of Marketing. +16 years in related work experience.

M.K. KIM

Head of Government Business. +8 years in related work experience.

Our People

Our values

Sharing

We believe information is power, so we empower our teams by sharing our knowledge and skills

Meritocracy

We avoid hierarchy in prose of skills if you are an expert we are interested in what you have to say

Trust

Our teams need to believe in each other so we can change the world together

Development

The company grows as much as our members grow, we help you achieve your goals

Join us

If you are interested in working at 42Maru, please visit our careers page.

History
Our path, milestones and the awards won for our technology
KGCCI Innovation Award
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Partners
Business growth with domestic and overseas partners