Interviews

Jerry Langley, Up and Beyond

From lending money, to borrowing money, to teaching the crafts of money-making, Jerry Langley has certainly moved upwards on the social ladder, or as he may call it, the learning curve. Considering the achievements of Jerry Langley, a shift along the learning curve may be an oversimplification. Based on Jerry Langley's background as the Vice President of McDonalds Corporation, Korea IT Times held an interview to share his insights on world commerce, both past and present.

Asia has risen as one of major economic sectors of the world. With the growing economic power of China, especially, Northeast Asia takes an important role in the global economy. Korea is geographically surrounded by countries like China, Japan, and Russia. Being close to global economic leaders could be either an advantage or a disadvantage.

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In the nineties, the Internet industry had the explosive power to rain down money in Korea. Being the pathfinders for the mobile industry was like leaving Santa a glass of milk and some cookies on the mantle .

With overall bilateral relations going into a higher level day by day, Korea and Vietnam are cooperating in almost every aspect of economy and technology. Amid such an upbeat atmosphere, the Korean government and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) joined their Vietnamese counterparts, the Vietnamese government and the Post-Telecommunication Institute of Technology (PTIT), at the Korea-Vietnam Information Access Center (IAC), also known as Internet Plaza, in Hanoi on Oct. 22.

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is emerging as a center of advanced knowledge-based industry.

"I spent all my life developing new technologies, and future technologies. I worked for IBM for many years," explained Dr. Moon J. Kim over breakfast with the Korea IT Times.

The innovative Integration Automatic Meter Reading System called ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network (ZBWSN) developed by LEO Tech Co. Ltd., was shown at the LEO Tech booth in the Incheon International Information Technology Communication 2009 (ITC 2009). It is taking the attention of many buyers because it calculates and inspects meters almost automatically without human work.

The Korea IT Times interviewed John Kim, the founder and CEO of Paprika Labs, using the online video interview service Wetoku.com. The entire 15 minute interview is available below, and we have printed excerpts from it as well.  Check out the full interview here: