Oceans International

Oceans International is run by professionals with vast experience in global business, demonstrated expertise in high-tech, finance and marketing, and top-class educational backgrounds.

Kihong Bae

General Partner / Managing Director

Kihong has extensive experience dealing with a wide spectrum of technology companies both in the Silicon Valley and South Korea.    He was a Senior Marketing Manager for Microsoft Korea, in charge of devising marketing strategies to increase market share and enhance Microsoft's global brand in Korea's 12,000 entity middle-market business area.   Prior to Microsoft, he was the Sales and Marketing Director for Zionex Inc., Korea's No.1 supply chain management solution provider, where he was responsible for creating the blueprint for Zionex's marketing strategy as well as building relationships with key customers that ended in closing multi-million dollar deals.  Kihong grew up in Spain and speaks Korean, English and Spanish.  He holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Stanford University and is an MBA candidate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

John Nahm

General Partner / Managing Director

John has had a diverse experience in the public sector, the finance world and the high-tech industry.   He started his career at the United Nations, where he helped  coordinate development projects in Latin America.    His experience also includes work in Corporate Banking at Comerica Bank and US Bancorp, where he served as VP of International Banking, and consulting with Deloitte Consulting.   His passion for high-tech and venturing was developed at Silicon Valley's Dialpad (acquired by Yahoo!) ,  where he worked as an International Business Development Manager and as a Senior Product Manager, responsible for launching Dialpad's award-winning products globally.   John grew up in the Canary Islands of Spain and speaks English, Spanish and Korean.    He earned both his Master in International Business and Finance, and B.A. in Economics from Columbia University.