Jaehoon Shim is the co-founder and CEO of Hopae. In 2021 Jaehoon and the team built COOV, the official blockchain-based COVID-19 vaccination credential system for South Korea. The system managed over 43M users daily and around 4 billion verifications with 86M edge agents nation-wide while using W3C DID and VCDM. COOV also successfully established international interoperability for mutual recognition with EU and Singapore. For his contributions, Jaehoon received commendation from the minister.
Jaehoon Shim, with a Computer Science BS from UIUC, brings experience from his time as a blockchain researcher at LG. As a founder and principal organizer of SSIMeetup Korea, he champions self-sovereign identity technologies. His work includes translating W3C's DID and VC specifications into Korean as an official version, reflecting his commitment and advocacy for a digital future.
Short Personal Pitch
I would like to nominate myself (Ace Shim) as a candidate for TAC Chair/Vice Chair. I am passionate about our mission to drive global adoption of open, secure and interoperable digital wallet solutions and am committed to facilitating our collective expertise to set the best practices for digital wallet technology. Together, I believe we can achieve unparalleled success, driving forward with our initiatives and making significant contributions to the OpenWallet Foundation.
I am eager for the opportunity to lead, to learn from each of you, and to carry forward the legacy of our predecessors with honor and innovation.
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Nomination 🗳️
Nominee Name
Jaehoon (Ace) Shim @aceshim
Short Personal Bio
Jaehoon Shim is the co-founder and CEO of Hopae. In 2021 Jaehoon and the team built COOV, the official blockchain-based COVID-19 vaccination credential system for South Korea. The system managed over 43M users daily and around 4 billion verifications with 86M edge agents nation-wide while using W3C DID and VCDM. COOV also successfully established international interoperability for mutual recognition with EU and Singapore. For his contributions, Jaehoon received commendation from the minister.
Jaehoon Shim, with a Computer Science BS from UIUC, brings experience from his time as a blockchain researcher at LG. As a founder and principal organizer of SSIMeetup Korea, he champions self-sovereign identity technologies. His work includes translating W3C's DID and VC specifications into Korean as an official version, reflecting his commitment and advocacy for a digital future.
Short Personal Pitch
I would like to nominate myself (Ace Shim) as a candidate for TAC Chair/Vice Chair. I am passionate about our mission to drive global adoption of open, secure and interoperable digital wallet solutions and am committed to facilitating our collective expertise to set the best practices for digital wallet technology. Together, I believe we can achieve unparalleled success, driving forward with our initiatives and making significant contributions to the OpenWallet Foundation.
I am eager for the opportunity to lead, to learn from each of you, and to carry forward the legacy of our predecessors with honor and innovation.