🌴 Aloha! ☀️

I'm Ariana Kim!

Who?

I majored in Communication with an emphasis in Cognitive Science and Philosophy at the University of Southern California. I grew up in Seoul and Honolulu then moved to Los Angeles for college. During my undergraduate years, I also had the opportunity to study abroad in Rome, Athens, and Havana. I'm now based in the quaint neighborhood of Santa Clara in the San Francisco Bay Area.

My Career

4+ year experienced sales & marketing technology professional with experience in a diversity of verticals: semiconductor, consumer technology, and cybersecurity. I've also worked with companies in a variety of industries: system integrators, big data, cloud computing, SaaS, SMB, IT folks, B2B/B2C, defense, health, federal, education, etc!

What's that mean?

My latest roles include being a Sales and Marketing Development Manager at Intel, Small Business Marketing Strategist, as well as Executive Thought Leader Marketing. In these roles I've covered anything from launching insights-led marketing campaigns to conducting UX research into business verticals and executing go-to-market strategies. Throughout all my roles, I've been able to be very customer-centric from sales enablement to working with ecosystem partners.

Cool. What else?

#1: I love design in all forms (Fashion, UI/UX, Interior, all things HCI)!
#2: I enjoy working with middle and high school students to help them achieve their academic dreams. As a first-generation immigrant myself, bridging the gap for education access is one of my personal missions.
#3: Ask me about my book-of-the-month (hoping this will change to book of the week one day…)