He served as a National R&D Program Director under Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea until 2013. Additionally, HyeonWoo was a head of Global Standard & Research Lab. of Samsung Electronics from 1984 until 2009. He received BSEE from Seoul National University in 1985, MBA from Sogang University in 1989, ME and Ph.D degree at KAIST in 1994 and 2003 respectively. Currently he's working on mobile communication, international standards, and R&D strategy planning, and is a member of KICS, IEEE and IEIC.