Koo is a Senior Consultant at Cornerstone Korea / Fortis Partners and leads the IT, semiconductor and tech Practice Team.
In his earlier career, he was involved in headhunting, executive search consulting, and the head and representative of leading search firms, providing consulting and talent acquisition services for major clients including Inspirit, Inbricks, MDS Technology, SK Infosec, Macquarie Securities Korea, Kolon Benit, and Intertek Korea, BAT, JTI Adidas Daesang, Callaway Korea, etc.
Before joining Cornerstone Korea / Fortis Partners, he worked at one of leading local (Finebrige)Executive Search Firm as Senior Director, Head of Department for client development, including MDS Technology, Shinhan, Macquarie Securities Korea, Kolon Benit, and Hyundai Green.
Prior to Finebrige , he worked as Director of Search and Managed Director of Acquisition at several search firms, where he successfully served major domestic and international clients such as NCSoft, Neowiz, Reigncom (iRiver), SK Networks, SK C&C, SK Infosec, Lilly Korea, and EMC Korea.
Before his executive search experiences, he worked at EMC for 5 years as solution system sales manager and specialized in sales of EMC Storage (Disk) systems and related solutions his main roles and responsibilities are handled sales to public institutions (KEPCO, National Pension Service, National Health Insurance Service, Insurance Development Institute, district offices, etc.) , managed accounts in the financial sector including tier-1 banks, NH Nonghyup, insurance companies, securities firms and oversaw business with telecommunications companies such as KT and SK Telecom, developed and maintained key accounts in manufacturing and retail, including AmorePacific and Asiana Airlines.
He holds a degree in International Trade from Kookmin University.