KRAFTON has recruited Lim Kyung-young, former CTO of Lotte eCommerce (LOTTE ON), as Vice President and Head of AI Transformation.

VP Lim is a veteran who has spent more than 20 years building and operating IT services, having completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Engineering at Seoul National University. He has demonstrated technical leadership across major Korean IT and game companies including LG Electronics, NHN, NCSOFT, and Nexon. In particular, during his time at Nexon, he led development of Crazy Arcade BnB M, achieving 10 million users globally and reaching 2 million DAU.

More recently, he served as CTO in the e-commerce sector at companies such as InterparkTriple and LOTTE ON, where he spearheaded large-scale organizational management and technology-infrastructure innovation. During his tenure at Interpark, he secured stability while migrating the ticketing platform to the cloud, and contributed to achieving KRW 1 trillion in annual transaction volume as of 2024. He is also credited with experience overseeing development of AI-powered quant analysis and trading systems, earning him recognition for pairing deep technical expertise with business insight.

In remarks outlining his aspirations following the appointment, VP Lim clarified his mission at KRAFTON. “The game industry is where technology and creativity collide most fiercely,” he said, adding, “Now, rather than simply consuming AI as a tool, we want to harness this enormous wave as a driving force that innovates the way we work and the very essence of creation.”

He continued by emphasizing that his goal is to lead a “True AI Transformation”—“not a showpiece adoption of AI, but one in which the entire organization collaborates organically with AI to generate real productivity and value.” KRAFTON plans to create impact in global markets by combining its distinctive creative strengths with AI capabilities, and it also intends to maintain ongoing communication with partners who will think through challenges together and execute alongside the company.

This recruitment is widely interpreted as a strategic move by KRAFTON to strengthen global competitiveness by fusing its planning and production capabilities with AI technology. As a technology leader, VP Lim plans to focus his accumulated expertise on building KRAFTON’s next-generation game development environment—spanning company-wide workflow optimization, per-capita productivity management, and the introduction of AI infrastructure and solutions.

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.