Tejune Kang — CEO · Board Director

Biography

Silicon Valley kid.
Global operator.

Tejune Kang is an American technology executive with more than 31 years of experience leading enterprise technology implementations for some of the world's most demanding organizations — and building companies that survive when it gets hard.

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tejune is a true Silicon Valley native — he got his first computer at age 8 (a 286/12), learned to code on BBS bulletin boards, and has been building at the intersection of technology and human potential ever since. It's not a talking point. It's wired in.

His career began at PeopleSoft (now Oracle Corporation), where he spent five years as a senior strategy engineer deploying some of the most complex HR, Financial, Supply Chain, and Enterprise Performance Management systems in the world — for Fortune 500 companies including Boeing, Apple, AT&T, and HP. That foundation gave him something most CEOs don't have: a bone-deep understanding of how enterprise technology actually works inside large organizations, not just what it's supposed to do on a slide.

He then made the leap into entrepreneurship — founding, building, and ultimately taking a company public on Nasdaq as founder, chairman, and CEO. He navigated SEC compliance, investor relations, analyst scrutiny, and board governance simultaneously, and when the company faced a public market delisting, he fought back legally and kept building. That experience — the pressure, the public accountability, the decisions with no good options — is the scar tissue that distinguishes him from executives who've only known the upside.

Today he leads Atypical Global from the New York executive office, executing a consolidation roll-up in digital marketing and martech. He also operates Medialab Tech in Peru (SAP, Tableau, AI services; 120+ specialists; clients including Mondelez, Nissan, Nestlé), has built Atypical Beauty (a B2B trade network connecting 630+ Korean brands with 330+ global buyers), and is raising a $5M seed round for Valyu, a platform enabling Latin American celebrities to launch premium beauty brands.

Turning 50 in 2026 — with a young son, Jaywon, to build a legacy for — Tejune is in what he calls the "back 9." The ambition hasn't changed. The purpose has sharpened. "It's not about the exit anymore. It's about what my son sees me do."

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Public Markets

Founder, Chairman & CEO of a Nasdaq-listed company. SEC compliance, investor relations, and board governance from the inside.

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Turnaround Credibility

Navigated a public market delisting, fought back legally, and kept building. Authority earned from scar tissue, not credentials.

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Global Operator

Operations in US, Peru, Korea, Costa Rica, and Australia. Fluent EN / KO / ES. Cross-cultural fluency is real, not performed.

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AI Force Multiplier

Not commenting on AI from the sidelines — running on it daily. Multi-agent systems that let a lean team outperform a bloated one.

Favorite book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz. "If you need a name on a slide deck, I'm the wrong hire. If you need someone who's actually been in the chair — call me."

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Harvard Business School

Owner President/Management Program · OPM 50 · 2017
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MIT

Key Executive Program · Entrepreneurial Master's Program · 2017
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Young Presidents' Organization (YPO)

Active — Manhattan NY, Pacific Rim & AU Chapters
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Singularity University

Executive Education · Exponential Technologies · 2018
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Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)

Alumni Member · New York Chapter
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University of California, Davis

B.S. Managerial Economics · Silicon Valley native

Work I Take

Built for hard assignments.

I'm selective. If you need a warm body for a board seat, I'm not it. If you need someone who's made the call at 2am with no good options — read on.

Board Director

Executive Strategy

Global Operations

Board Director

Independent director for public companies (Nasdaq/NYSE), PE-backed portcos, and pre-IPO companies. I've sat on the other side of the table as a Nasdaq CEO — I know exactly what a board should be asking, what they're not asking, and when to act.

Best Fit

Fractional CEO / COO

Part-time executive leadership for companies that need a real operator. I step in, make the hard calls, stabilize or scale the business, and hand it back stronger. Minimum 6-month commitment. Equity + cash structures considered.

Best Fit

Turnaround Advisory

Company burning cash? Team misaligned? Product dead? I'll give you the honest diagnosis fast, cut what needs cutting, and build the 90-day plan that actually works. No politics. No fluff. Favorite book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things.

High Demand

Enterprise Tech & AI Strategy

31 years in enterprise technology — PeopleSoft/Oracle, SAP S/4HANA, ERP, digital transformation. Now layering AI as a force multiplier. I help companies modernize without blowing up what's working, from the operator's seat — not the consultant's.

Specialty

LatAm & Asia Market Entry

Fluent English, Korean, and Spanish. Operated in Peru, Korea, Costa Rica, Australia, and the US. If you're entering LatAm or Asia Pacific and want someone who's already built there — not just advised on it — I've done it.

Rare Skill

Strategic Advisory & Speaking

Keynotes and executive advisory on digital transformation, AI adoption, global market expansion, and founder leadership. YPO speaker. Interviewed by major tech publications. Direct, no-fluff format — same style as everything else I do.

Available

Not a Fit

Early-stage pre-revenue startups, roles requiring full-time on-site presence, or companies looking for someone to rubber-stamp decisions already made. I tell you what I actually think. If that's not what you need, we'll both know in the first conversation — and that's fine.

What People Say

Results speak.
People remember.

Tejune came in when our company was in serious trouble — revenue down, team demoralized, board losing confidence. Within 90 days he had a clear plan, the right people in the right seats, and the business moving again. He doesn't sugarcoat anything, and that's exactly what we needed.

— CEO, Enterprise Technology Company

Turnaround Engagement · New York

Having Tejune on our board is like having a cheat code. He's been through the public markets, the scaling grind, and the tough pivots. He asks the questions nobody else will ask — and he's usually right. Every board should have someone like him.

— Founder & CEO, PE-Backed SaaS Company

Board Director · West Coast

We brought Tejune in as fractional COO during our Series B scaling phase. He restructured our operations, improved margins by 22%, and built the management layer we needed to grow without chaos. He works fast, hits hard, and leaves things better than he found them.

— Co-Founder, Growth-Stage Health Tech Company

Fractional COO Engagement · Remote + NYC

Tejune's network alone is worth the relationship. He connected us to the right investors, the right advisors, and the right operational playbook — all within the first month. He operates like someone who's already won, which makes everyone around him believe they can too.

— Managing Partner, Private Equity Firm

Strategic Advisory · Mid-Market

I've worked with dozens of executives over my career. Tejune is rare — he combines Fortune 500 operational discipline with founder-level urgency. He doesn't wait for a committee to approve action. He moves, and then documents why it worked.

— General Counsel, Publicly Traded Company

Board Advisory · Nasdaq-Listed

Contact

Real opportunity?
Same-day reply.

I read every inquiry personally — no gatekeepers, no intake forms. Send a note with what you're working on and what you need. If it's the right fit, you'll hear from me the same day.

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Email — Preferred

ceo@atypical.global

linkedin.com/in/tejunekang

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X / Twitter

@tejune

Board Seat Inquiry Fractional CEO / COO

Quick Facts

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LocationNew York, NY — 1185 Avenue of Americas (Times Square)

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