To whom this may concern, This letter is to serve as my formal recommendation for Han Kim.

Han has been my direct report for almost 5 years now. He has shown an interest in obtaining an MBA degree program and I feel that he will be an excellent candidate for your esteemed program. During his time with managing the global account technical team, he has clearly demonstrated a focused dedication and strong work ethics towards the accounts technical and business success. Despite the unfavorable politics played out by the competitor and customer, not only has he persevered and excelled in leading his team to win every benchmark against the well established competition but also was instrumental in driving and assisting the sales team members for winning strategies and tight communication with the corporate business unit. His contribution is clearly dictated by the fact that the account business size has grown to the unprecedented second largest and important account for the entire company now. His names were also called out by the top executives during the annual conference meeting more than twice for the job well done. In addition to his successful job contribution, his devotion towards the global-level teamwork and care for his individual team members can be seen through his working style. Constantly looking out to help his team members in trouble, he unhesitatingly travels to the customer site, even at late hours, to work side by side with the his peers to help resolve challenging issues together. In addition, his effort in cross functional teamwork can be clearly witnessed through his consistent and close interaction with his peers throughout Asia, Europe, and the USA. Consulting through conference calls and delivering the benchmark presentation slides with appreciation emails for the peers being involved, many of his team members results were re-used for technical meetings and company-wide presentations. With his seasoned field experience, he would now want to further strengthen his career through taking on a bigger challenge such as creating a corporate level business proposals and participating in integration of different technologies associated to ASIC and EDA industries. I am very hopeful that his plan along with skill set from your MBA program, would bring a positive impact towards our industry. For these reasons, I would highly recommend Han Kim as a candidate for your MBA program. If you have question regarding Han Kim or this recommendation, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, YT Jung Vice President, Synopsys Asia Pacific

To Whom It May Concern: Han Kim has worked under my guidance as a global account technical manager from 2004 to 2008. His responsibilities included managing the global account field

engineers and collaborating with the sales team to drive the account to become successful. Demonstrating an incredible initiatives and strong determination, Han had led his team to win over the tough competitions and brought the account to become one of the fastest growing accounts world-wide. He was a clearly an exemplified hard worker since, unlike other managers, his hands-on and on-site management dedication had transformed into such outstanding performance and significant corporate business success. I am confident that your MBA program will be ideal for Hans academic goals. He will be coming to you with the industry proven groundwork necessary for success in pursing an MBA. If you need further elaboration, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Jon Saari Vice President North America Global Technical Services To whom this may concern, I am more than delighted to recommend Han Kim as a strong addition to the MBA program at your institution. Throughout the work at Synopsys, Han has clearly demonstrated the leadership, teamwork, management ability, technical expertise, and oral and written communication skills necessary to achieve success in his career. As I have been working closely with him as a senior director, I have observed his substantial skills to overcome tough field technical and political situations, especially in delivering and winning the challenging demands from customers. His strong will have led to overwhelming contribution towards the team and the company ever since he took on this mission. As a global account technical manager, he has clearly shown the leadership through managing the multiple field engagements concurrently, strengthening customer and cross-functional relationship, managing the team members with clear direction and purpose, and constantly volunteering to assist the local Sales in pre-sales and postsales activities. Above all, it was always a pleasure of talking to him about the matters in personal and career level. He is indeed a down to earth and honest person. Also, I enjoyed his sense of humor, positive personality, and self confidence. I have only touched upon the few most important abilities of this highly qualified and motivated individual. With this letter, I can highly recommend Han Kim for admission to your MBA program. If you require any elaboration, please do not hesitate to

contact me. Guey Ing Group Director, Corporate Application Engineering