Korea Software Industry Association appoints Park Yeon-jeong as new executive director

The Korea Software Industry Association (Chairman Cho Jun-hee, hereinafter referred to as KOSA) appointed Park Yeon-jeong, former CEO of Goodsen (currently IT Sencore), as the new executive director on the 3rd.

The newly appointed Managing Director Park Yeon-jeong joined LG CNS as a system engineer in 1995 and served as the head of the Transportation New Business Team and Marketing Team in the Public Works Division. Afterwards, she served as the CEO of Everon, an LG CNS subsidiary that operates the electric car-sharing service ‘City Car,’ and directed the development of electric vehicle charging solutions and domestic and international electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects.

She has led the Group Planning Office of ITCEN Group since 2017, and was appointed as the CEO of Goodsen, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution company, in 2019, and is recognized as a representative female leader in the software (SW) industry.

In 2022, he was appointed as the first chairman of the ESG Committee under KOSA, leading the spread of ESG management awareness in the industry and contributing to the development of Korea's first IT/SW industry-specific ESG management diagnosis program.

KOSA explained the background of the appointment, saying, “As the head of the Human Resources Development Headquarters, the newly launched SW·AI Education Center will be the center of fostering specialized talent and establishing a recruitment ecosystem that meets the needs of the industry.” It also added, “Based on his extensive experience and leadership accumulated in the industrial field from large corporations’ IT services to SW specialized companies for over 30 years, we expect him to greatly contribute to fostering talent and enhancing competitiveness in the SW industry.”

Meanwhile, along with this executive reshuffle, KOSA also carried out a personnel reshuffle at the human resources development headquarters team leader level.


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