Suyoung (Mel) Kwon

“I’m a Product Manager dedicated to bridging the gap between
people and technology to deliver impact where it is needed most.”

I am a second-year Master’s student in Information Management with a minor in Data Science at KAIST. Prior to my graduate studies, I led enterprise-wide AI Transformation projects as an AI Product Manager at Kurly, an e-commerce unicorn in Korea. I also served as a PM and cross-functional team lead at Asleep, an AI sleep-tech startup, where I managed the 0-to-1 growth of products designed to improve sleep quality.

As a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University SCS, I was fortunate to work with Professors Rita Singh and Bhiksha Raj at the Language Technologies Institute. I also worked as a research assistant for Professor Seohyun Jung at KAIST HSS, exploring metaverse environments and narrative theory.

My professional philosophy is deeply rooted in Human-Centered Design, which I cultivated during my undergraduate studies in Industrial Design (UX/UI) at Kookmin University. I am passionate about translating complex data and technology into sustainable, global solutions that fundamentally address challenges in healthcare and mental health.

Latest News

Nov 2025
Won the 1st Prize at the Global Data Convergence Talent Program Showcase, hosted by the Ministry of Science & ICT and IITP.
Nov 2025
Presented our latest research at the EMNLP 2025 Main Conference in Suzhou, China.
Oct 2025
Awarded the Excellence Award at the LLM Clinical Note Challenge organized by Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.
Aug 2025
Our research paper ‘PhoniTale’ has been accepted to the EMNLP 2025 Main Conference.
Jan 2025
Started as a Visiting Scholar at CMU School of Computer Science!
Dec 2024
Launched the AI Collection Automation project for Kurly Home, streamlining generation and operations.
Sep 2024
Started my Master’s in Information Management at KAIST!
Aug 2024
Successfully launched the hourly popular product collection automation for Kurly Now.
Jul 2024
Launched the AI Search project at Kurly, which was featured as a success story at the Google Cloud Summit 2024.
May 2024
Initiated collaborative research on AI Recipes with the Google Cloud team.
Mar 2024
Joined Kurly, a leading e-commerce unicorn in Korea, as the first AI Product Manager!
Jul 2023
Beta testing has commenced for ‘Sweet Sleep,’ a PoC service in collaboration with LG Electronics.
Jul 2023
Officially launched ‘Asleep Track,’ a B2B AI SaaS product.
Apr 2023
Appointed as the Head of the Sleep Track Platform Team.
Apr 2023
Clinical trials have officially begun for ‘SomMind,’ a digital therapeutic (DTx) app for insomnia.
Jun 2022
Appointed as the Leader of both the UX Team and the DTx Team, taking on my first cross-functional leadership role.
Dec 2021
Led the project that resulted in Asleep being selected as the first Amazon Alexa collaboration partner in Korea.
Sep 2021
Promoted to Product Team Lead, overseeing the UX/Design functional group.
Apr 2021
Joined Asleep, an AI sleep-tech startup, as a Product Manager!