Founder & CEO
Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering from KAIST

Yoon Shin is the founder and the CEO of Perigee, as well as the chairman of the board.

Yoon is responsible for all sales and system developments at Perigee, particularly overseeing critical decisions in the launch vehicle development program.  He is also an engineer who is directly involved in the company's major design process. In his "engineer mode," Yoon designed the initial layout of the 3-ton turbopump and the thrust chamber of the BW1 second stage engine.

Yoon envisions the future of humanity in exploring the unknown worlds and wants to be a part of that journey. He was born in 1997 when the film Contact was released. When he watched the film as a teenager, he was immediately captivated by it and decided to become an HAM operator. If you hear DS3PWS on air, please say hello. He is also an active amateur astronomer. During his university years, he ground a mirror and built an 8-inch reflecting telescope. He also crafted an equatorial mount for astrophotography.

Yoon is a Master's Student in Aerospace Engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in the same department.