My family and I first landed in Alabama when we immigrated to the United States from South Korea. I was only six years old, but I instantly fell in love with Southern hospitality, culture, and of course – football.

A few years later, we moved to Decatur, Georgia. I attended high school at Decatur High, where I played soccer, basketball and ran cross country. Upon graduation, I headed down the road to Emory University where I earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the Goizeuta Business School. After Emory, I started my technology consulting career at IBM.

Soon after the September 11th terrorist attacks, I left technology consulting to work on bioterrorism preparation at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

I met my wife, Morgan Harris, at Emory and we were married in 2003. We moved to Paris, France for two years, where Morgan practiced international finance law and I ate a lot of croissants. Upon our return, I continued my work as a contractor for the CDC at Northrop Grumman. In 2007, my family and I moved to Brookhaven and set down roots.

I am currently a technical consultant for surveillance of nationally notifiable diseases with the CDC and state health agencies and laboratories.  I helped build, and continue to maintain and modernize, the system that transmits COVID-19 (and other emerging disease) data across the public health departments of all 50 states and U.S. territories.

In our spare time, Morgan and I foster dogs for animal rescue organizations, enjoy biking, and we are avid Hawks and United fans. I play recreational soccer with a few neighbors at Silverbacks Park. You can often find my parents walking in the Ashford Forest Preserve or cooking meals for friends, family, and church members.