Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, MIT
Yun Kang is a senior operations researcher at the RAND Corporation. As a researcher, he has led studies in the past 11+ years for the policymakers in the U.S. and abroad in the areas of emerging technology, Korean Peninsula security, defense planning, and supply chain management/logistics. During his tenure at RAND, he served as associate director of the Acquisition and Technology Policy Program in RAND's National Security Research Division.
Prior to joining RAND, Kang held consulting positions in the private sector where he provided strategy and implementation for securing the supply chain as well as improving the operational efficiencies in multiple industries, including healthcare and consumer packaged goods. He also worked as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in the Seoul, Korea office. Kang completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
