Bowon Kim is Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management at the Graduate School of Management, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He teaches Operations Strategy & SCM and Quantitative Analysis for Management for MBA students, and Optimal Control Theory for PhD students at KAIST.

His research interest is in global supply chain management, technological innovation, and management systems dynamics. He utilizes such research methodologies as optimal control theory and system dynamics simulation as well as case studies for empirical research. He has published academic papers in journals like Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Production and Operations Management, Long Range Planning, Optimal Control Applications and Methods, R&D Management, Omega, Total Quality Management, IIE Transactions, and others.

Bowon received Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and Master of Science from Stanford University.