“What brought you to San Francisco?”

“I was actually born in Seoul, but I spent my formative years in Sacramento where from time-to-time I’d come visit my grandfather here in San Francisco. I developed an affinity for the city at a very young age and loosely dreamt of living here one day. 

In my teens I’d learned that George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch was located not far from San Francisco and being a Star Wars lover began to think how rad it would be to work there. Long story short, I made some brash decisions in my early 20’s and moved to the bay with nothing more than a dream in mind and was blessed with the opportunity to join ‘The Ranch’ in 2007. Still crazy when I think about how it all went down considering my rationale or lack thereof." 

"I think that’s a lot people’s story. San Francisco attracts all types. What do you do in the city?”

“During the day I’m a creative lead at a startup called ToyTalk here in the city. Im extremely excited about the technologies we’re pioneering. We’re the first conversation based entertainment company to build believable interactions between children and the characters we’ve developed." 

"That’s a cool use of technology. I need some new music, what’s in your cd player right now?”

“What’s a CD player? Darkside just blew my mind at Coachella for the 2nd time in as many performances. In fact everything Nico Jaar is experimenting with has struck a chord with me. I can’t wait to play through Little Dragon’s new album Nabuma Rubberband next month. So far the singles they’ve released are dope. SBTRKT, James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, and Radiohead are always in heavy rotation." 

"What’s your favorite thing to do on a Friday night in SF?”

“I mean after throwing down at work m-f nothing cuts the strings like a tumble of bourbon. After that I just want to get out there and feel the energy and go wherever it takes me, man. Our city is special like that.”