John Wi is a business development and strategy professional with experience in the consulting, finance, and technology sectors. He has held positions in strategy, product, and business development at organizations including Deloitte Consulting, UBS, CLV, Xangle, and StarkWare. ^[4]

Education

Wi attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Business Administration in 2019. His university studies were temporarily paused for a leave of absence between the fall of 2014 and the fall of 2016 to complete his mandatory military service. During his time at USC, he took courses including Data Structures and Object Oriented Design, Software Engineering, and various business administration subjects. He has also passed the Level I exam of the CFA Program. ^[1]​

Career

Wi began his career with early internships in South Korea, including a strategy role at Korean Air in 2013 and a consulting internship at S-Core in 2014, where he contributed to corporate strategy planning and analytical projects. From November 2014 to August 2016, he served in the Korea Defense Intelligence Command as a sergeant and interpreter. In late 2016, he worked as an off-cycle analyst at UBS in the Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area within sales and trading, focusing on foreign exchange, rates, and credit.

In 2019, Wi joined Deloitte Consulting in Los Angeles as a consultant, where he worked until mid-2021. He then transitioned into roles focused on strategy and business development, joining CLV in December 2021 and working remotely until August 2024. From September 2024 to March 2025, he held a business development and product role at Xangle in Seoul. In April 2025, he joined StarkWare in a business development capacity, working remotely. ^[3]

StarkWare

StarkWare Industries is an Israeli software company founded in 2018 that develops cryptographic technologies to improve blockchain scalability, particularly on the Ethereum network. The company focuses on zero-knowledge proof systems, such as STARKs, that compress and efficiently verify large volumes of transactions, reducing costs and energy use while increasing throughput. Its main products include StarkEx, a proprietary scaling solution used by several platforms, and Starknet, a permissionless network that enables developers to build decentralized applications. StarkWare has raised multiple funding rounds from major investors, reaching a valuation of approximately $8 billion in 2022, and its technology is based on academic research in cryptography and computer science. ^{[2] [5]}