Origami: The Art of Perception

Kevin is a scientist and engineer with over 30 years of experience in many high tech companies in Silicon Valley. With degrees in Aero/Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering Design from Caltech and Stanford, he has worked in a variety of technical roles, designing Unix servers for Unisys, developing testing frameworks for startup companies, and working as an engineer on the Enterprise Team at Google. Kevin has also worked in a number of AI companies, most recently serving as the Head of Engineering at a startup specializing in the productionization of machine learning models.

But long before his engineering career, Kevin’s passion for Origami (Korean: 종이 접기) took root in his childhood, shaping the way he sees the world. For him, Origami is not just about folding, it is about perception, about being able to discern prominent aspects and translate them to an audience. Origami is a social experience, and sharing models is just as much about what you see as being able to see through the eyes of others. Through Origami, Kevin has learned to view problems differently, exploring what others may or may not notice in the simplest of subjects. Now, he finds joy not just in the technical aspects of Origami with complex models and realistic designs, but in understanding the unique differences that make each subject distinct in the simplest of terms, and in rediscovering the pure, unadulterated vision of children – and sometimes child-like adults.