He received a B.S in industrial engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea and an M.S. in industrial engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Daejon, Korea. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and joined the University of Toronto faculty in 2001. From 2011-2014, he served as the Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies and since 2014 he has been the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies.