After majoring in electronic engineering at Kwangwoon University, he served as the head of the manufacturing team and the head of the manufacturing center in the semiconductor division of Samsung Electronics for 27 years from 1984 to 2011, and the head of the infrastructure technology center in charge of environmental safety, facility, and systems. After completing his career in semiconductors as an executive director, he served as the vice president of Samsung Display (OLED) for five years from 2011 to 2016 as the head of the manufacturing center and the general manager of the complex in charge of production, environmental safety, facility, and systems. After graduating from the Graduate School of Science in Seoul and Business School Lausanne (BSL), he earned MBA, Ph.D., and DBA degrees in big data from the Graduate School of Science in Switzerland, and is currently serving as the head of the manufacturing intelligence project as a professor at the Swiss School of Management (SSM), a research professor at the Korea Institute for Industrial Policy Studies, and vice chairman of the artificial intelligence association.

상기 컨설턴트는 광운대에서 전자공학을 전공한 뒤 1984년부터 2011년까지 27년동안 삼성전자 반도체 부문에서 제조 팀장 및 제조 센터장을 거쳐 환경안전, Facility, 시스템을 총괄하는 인프라 기술 센터장을 지냈다. 전무로 반도체의 경력을 마친 뒤 2011년부터 2016년 까지는 5년간 삼성 디스플레이(OLED, LCD)에서 부사장으로서 제조 센터장 및 생산, 환경안전, 퍼실리티, 시스템을 책임지는 단지 총괄을 맡았다. 퇴임 후 서울 과학 종합 대학원 대학교와 스위스 BSL(Business School Lausanne)에서 빅데이터 MBA 와 Ph.D., DBA 학위를 취득한후 현재는 SSM(Swiss School of Management) 교수, 산업정책연구원 연구 교수, 사단 법인 인공지능협회 부회장으로 제조 지능화 사업단장 업무를 수행 중에 있다.