Jeong Kim served as Bell Labs President from April, 2005 until February, 2013. During this time he oversaw the communication industry's most heralded R&D organization. His team, spanning four continents, was responsible for designing the products and services that are at the forefront of communications technology as well as conducting fundamental research in a wide variety of fields such as optical networking/photonics, nanotechnology, wireless/mobility, physical sciences, computing and information sciences, and network software.

Dr. Kim originally joined Alcatel-Lucent in May 1998 when Lucent acquired Yurie Systems, Inc., a high-tech communications equipment company, which he founded in 1992 and served as its Chairman and CEO.

During his tenure at Alcatel-Lucent, Dr. Kim initially served as the president of Lucent's former Broadband Carrier Networks, where he was responsible for Lucent's data networking products and offerings to service providers worldwide. Kim was instrumental in defining and realizing the company's strategic direction in broadband networking.

In 1999 Dr. Kim was named chief operating officer and later president of Lucent's Optical Network Group (ONG) where he oversaw the development, marketing and manufacturing of Lucent's next-generation optical networking systems for use in core and metropolitan telecommunications networks. Dr. Kim and his team also had responsibility for building integrated networks that combine the latest breakthroughs in optical and data networking.

Dr. Kim left Lucent in 2001 to join the University of Maryland faculty, with joint appointments in both the department of electrical and computer engineering and the department of mechanical engineering. Kim rejoined the company in April of 2005 as president of Bell Labs.

Dr. Kim's early career encompassed computer design, satellite systems design and data communications, and included seven years as a Nuclear Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy.

Dr. Kim holds a Ph.D. in reliability engineering from the University of Maryland, a master's degree in Technical Management and bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Kim is a recipient of numerous awards including the Innovation Hall of Fame award from the University of Maryland, the Blumenthal Award from Johns Hopkins University, the ICAS Liberty Award, the American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award; the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award; the KPMG Peat Marwick LLP High Tech Entrepreneur Award; the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the Korea Society Van Fleet Award; and the Maryland High Technology Council Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dr. Kim has also been inducted into the NAE (National Academy of Engineering).

Dr. Kim currently sits on numerous corporate, university, and non-profit boards including: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Stanford Institute for International Studies, IN-Q-TEL, Cibernet, Global Internet Ventures (GIV), and MTI Micro Fuel Cells Inc. Dr. Kim also sits on the NASDAQ Listing and Hearing Review Council, an advisory board for the NASDAQ market.