Company

People & story

Connectlinker began as a side room in Daegu where importer reps compared discount war stories without lawyers in the room. We still work that way — evidence first, personality second — only the spreadsheets got sharper.

Today the studio pairs policy writers with field auditors so territory maps survive contact with trucks, not just PowerPoint. We keep teams small on purpose: fourteen people, one shared glossary.

Annotated notes and pen suggesting policy work

Principles

  • 01

    Maps admit blind spots — we label confidence, not bravado.

  • 02

    Escalations include pause buttons, not just signatures.

  • 03

    Partner letters sound like humans — precise, not performative.

  • 04

    Retro meetings are mandatory; mythology is optional.

Milestones

  1. 2016 — First distributor overlap diagnostic for an equipment importer.
  2. 2019 — Joint business planning neutral chair retained by dual-route beverage brand.
  3. 2024 — Studio formalizes fourteen-seat model with shared research library.

Team

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Taeyang Ok

Channel Governance Lead

Designs escalation rails for multi-distributor brands; former field auditor.

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Sora Cheon

Policy Writer

Turns dense agreements into operable chapters and annexes.

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Haneul Byeon

Commercial Ops Manager

Builds overlap diagnostics from shipment, POS, and visit data.

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Nari Baek

Partner Relations Lead

Facilitates joint business planning with neutral process discipline.

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Jimin Han

Commercial Ops Manager

Owns KPI bridges between sales ops and distributor service levels.

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Eunseo Kang

Policy Writer

Specializes in promo stacking clauses and modern trade riders.

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Wooyoung Park

Channel Governance Lead

Runs tabletop simulations for route collision scenarios.

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Yuna Lee

Partner Relations Lead

Coaches communication cadence during tense renewals.

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Seungmin Choi

Commercial Ops Manager

Builds data models for rebate architecture alignment.

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Hayoon Jung

Policy Writer

HoReCa annexes and outlet taxonomy documentation.

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Kyungmo Shin

Channel Governance Lead

Importer–sub-distributor governance programs.

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Doyeon Kim

Partner Relations Lead

Neutral chair for joint distributor sessions.

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Raeun Song

Commercial Ops Manager

Pilot design and city selection scoring.

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Jaehyun Lim

Policy Writer

Audit-ready partner file metadata and version control.