Shinji Kim is a seasoned technology founder and executive with 13 years of experience building data, AI, and IoT platforms. He is the Founder & CEO of Select Star, a San Francisco-based data discovery startup, and serves as a startup advisor and investor to early‑stage B2B SaaS, enterprise tech, and ML/data ventures. He previously co-founded Concord Systems, whose distributed stream-processing framework was acquired by Akamai to fuel an IoT edge platform, and he led IoT edge product efforts at Akamai. Earlier in his career, he shaped product and platform strategy at Yieldmo—driving ad format development and A/B testing that boosted mobile ad conversions by about 23%—and founded ShufflePix, a consumer app with 50k users. Shinji blends hands‑on engineering with strategic product leadership, GTM, and fundraising, and mentors programs like Grand Central Tech, Techstars NYC, and First Round Capital. Based in San Francisco, he holds a background spanning the University of Waterloo, National University of Singapore, and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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