Yong Je Kim is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013.  Kim has been working at Samsung Electronics for 28 years in the R&D Center.  His work has focused mainly in the area of multimedia signal processing for digital TV and mobile phones, serving most recently as the Senior Vice President of the multimedia R&D team.  Kim received his bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Sogang University and his master's degree from Ajou University.