Industry-leading data and AI company Databricks strengthens its presence in the Korean market with the appointment of new executives.


Databricks announced on the 15th that it recently appointed Hyungjun Kang as CEO and branch manager of Databricks Korea.

Kang Hyung-jun, CEO and president of Databricks Korea, is an expert with over 20 years of experience and extensive leadership in the data software industry.

Based on this experience, he will lead Databricks’ Korean business going forward and take the lead in promoting the adoption of the Databricks data intelligence platform in various industries. The appointment of CEO Kang comes as Databricks recorded 100% growth in Korea in the last fiscal year compared to the previous year.

Prior to joining Databricks, he served as the Country Manager of Google Cloud Korea and previously as Country Manager of Snowflake Korea. He has also held key positions at Cloudera, Hortonworks, and Teradata, where he led business growth.

Ed Lenta, SVP and GM of Databricks Asia Pacific, said, “We are thrilled to have Hyungjun join the Databricks leadership team to accelerate our growth in Korea. “With his expertise in scaling data software companies, we are confident that CEO Kang will take our business to the next level in the Korean market and help more customers achieve success in their data and AI innovation journey,” he said.

“We see a huge opportunity to help domestic companies adopt Databricks’ data intelligence platform to solve their data challenges and leverage the benefits of generative AI,” said Kang Hyung-jun, Country Manager of Databricks Korea. “We are excited to join Databricks and work closely with our customers to help them unleash the potential of data and AI.”

Meanwhile, Databricks has also hired Kyungsoon Eom, Vice President of Technology at Databricks Korea.


Vice President Kyung-Soon Eom has over 30 years of experience implementing technology solutions and supporting digital transformation journeys. Prior to joining Databricks, he served as the Chief Technology Officer at Google Cloud Korea and has held various executive positions in the Asia Pacific region for over 30 years at IBM.

Nick Eayrs, VP of Field Engineering for Databricks APAC, said, “We are delighted to have Vice President Kyung-Soon Eom lead the technology and field engineering teams at Databricks Korea. “With Vice President Eom’s deep technical expertise and widely proven technical problem-solving skills, we are confident that he will play a key role in helping domestic customers address and implement their data and AI strategies on the Databricks data intelligence platform,” he said.

“Databricks is a leader in data and AI. We are excited to help more customers and executives understand and leverage the value of our integrated platform to seamlessly execute on their data and AI priorities and create business value,” said Kyung-Soon Eom, Vice President of Technology at Databricks Korea.