Unassailable Credentials

• Kukkiwon Certified 7th Dan Black Belt

• Kukkiwon International Master (2nd Class)

• Kukkiwon Poom/Dan Examiner (2nd Class)

• Level 3 USA Taekwondo Coach

• AAU Taekwondo National-Level Coach

Accolades at a Glance

• 2000 AAU Regional Champion – 3 Gold Medals (2 Sparring)

• 2005 U.S. President’s Cup – Gold Medalist (Sparring)

• 2023 U.S. Taekwondo Open – 5 Gold Medals (1 Sparring)

• 2025 Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Hangmadang – 3 Gold Medals 

• 2025 California Open – 2 Gold Medals (1 Sparring)

Professional Highlights

• Over 40 years of Taekwondo experience

• Trained under 9th Dan Grandmaster Kim (1980)

• Trained under Olympic Gold Medalist Kuk Hyun Chung (1995–2000)

• Coached and developed 14+ National Champions (Since 1996 to Present)

• Founded of Pure Taekwondo (2004)

• Head Coach of the Stanford Taekwondo Program (15 years)

• Co-Director of the Stanford Taekwondo Open (12 years)

• Launched Google’s Mountain View Taekwondo Program (2016)

• Guided 21 athletes to AAU West Coast Regional and National titles (2025)

Unassailable Credentials

• Kukkiwon Certified 7th Dan Black Belt

• Kukkiwon International Master (3rd Class)

• International Competitor & U.S.A Poomse Team Representative

• Executive Board Member – U.S. Taekwondo Center (USTC)

Accolades at a Glance

• Former U.S. National Team Member for the USA Poomse Team

• Represented the United States at the World Championships (Korea)

• Multiple National & International Gold Medalist

• 2025 Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Championship – 3 Gold Medals

• Executive Board Member, U.S. Taekwondo Center (USTC)

• Mentored by Grandmaster Sang Lee — U.S. Olympic Head Coach (1988)

Professional Highlights

• Began Taekwondo at age 14 in Upstate New York

• Trained under Grandmaster Sang Lee, the legendary former U.S. Olympic Head Coach (1988) and former USA Taekwondo President (1972)

• Trained with Kim’s KTA with Grandmaster Carlo from 1989 - 2005

• Executive Board of the GM Sang Lee's U.S. Taekwondo Center (2023)

• National and International Competitor (Over 180 Gold Medals)

• Represented Team USA at the World Championships in Korea (2004)

• Serves as Senior Advisor to the National Poomse Team at Pure Taekwondo

Unassailable Credentials

• Kukkiwon Certified 6th Dan Black Belt

• CTO & Distinguished Technology Innovator for Cisco Systems & Intel

• Serial Entrepreneur & Security Industry Pioneer

Accolades at a Glance

• Former U.S. National Team Member

• Trained under 9th Dan Grandmaster Kim (1984)

• Core Senior Member of Pure Taekwondo Leadership

• Distingushed fellow at Cisco Systems & Intel

Professional Highlights

• Senior advisor at Pure Taekwondo, supporting growth

• Ph.D. and distinguished serial entrepreneur with multiple successful startups and acquisitions through McAfee, Intel, Cisco Systems and AT&T

• CTO at Pure Storage, recognized for groundbreaking work in network security, cybersecurity innovation, and data loss prevention

• Embodies excellence as both a martial artist and global technology leader

• Holder of 300 technological patents in internat infrastructure and securities

Unassailable Credentials

• Kukkiwon Certified 6th Dan Black Belt

• Collegiate National Champion (2008)

• Founder UC Irvine Taekwondo Program

Accolades at a Glance

• 4x Junior National Champion  (1996 - 2004)

• Collegiate National Champion (2008)

• Founder of the UC Irvine Taekwondo Program

• U.S. Nationals Gold Medalist (2009)

• Earned 4th & 5th Dan under his original lineage at Kim’s TKD along with Masters Carlo, Jeff and Paul

Professional Highlights

• Began training at age five under Grandmaster Kim

• Achieved 3rd Degree Black Belt by age 13

• BA in Medicion from UC Irivine

• Doctor of Medicine at San Francisco University

• Trained under Grandmaster Vu in Irvine

• Captured Gold at the 2009 U.S. Nationals supported by Grandmaster Carlo defeating a finalist trained by Olympic Gold Medalist Jimmy Kim

• Chief Athletic Sparring Director at Pure Taekwondo