Executive Bios

RODNEY J. JOHNSON, CEO, PRESCIENT CONSULTING

President of Prescient Consulting, Inc. for the last 6 years, Mr. Johnson has spent most of his working life in Asia. Working in both the IT and security sectors he has been mostly based in Korea, while running companies with direct operations in Korea, China, Singapore, and India. He has coordinated partnerships, and conducted business throughout Asia for Prescient's multinational clients.

Mr. Johnson is also a former technology analyst, reporting on Asian technology issues, and served as an intelligence analyst in the US Army. Mr. Johnson speaks English, Korean, and Chinese (Mandarin), and has an MBA from the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Business. He is a member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Intellenet, International Association for Asset Recovery (IAAR), the International Trademark Association (INTA), and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC).

CHUNG JAE KYU, MANAGING DIRECTOR, PRESCIENT CONSULTING, INC., KOREA

Mr. Chung is the former Operations Manager in charge of all operations for a global security & investigations firm in Seoul.  During his tenure there he led operations teams in handling and solving virtually every type of security issue facing multinationals in Korea.

Mr. Chung is also the former president and founder of Intellectual Property Solutions Korea, an IPR focused consultancy which handled IP rights issues for global clients from industries as diverse as fashion, pharmaceuticals, and media.  Mr. Chung merged IPS Korea with a complimentary IPR/security firm focused on the Korean domestic market and stayed on to run the combined operations until joining Prescient.  He is currently  the Director of the Korean Intellectual Property Protection Association. Mr. Chung brings to Prescient a knowledge of the Korean IP/security environment second to none.  Mr. Chung speaks Korean, English, and Russian.

PRAVEEN NAIR, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, PRESCIENT CONSULTING (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

Mr. Praveen Nair is a former Government of India official who during his tenure had worked in various capacities for different government departments handling sensitive matters including security and logistics.

He is the former Director of Sea Cross Overseas Limited, a leading India-based concern involved in the global trade of various products including pharmaceuticals, metals, chemicals and commodities. He has acquired a wealth of experience in Indian Intellectual Property Rights while interacting with various industries in India.