# Jaiseung Choi

> Jaiseung Choi, also known as Richard Choi, is the Seoul-based co-founder and co-CEO of Spoqa. After engineering studies at Johns Hopkins and Cornell and research work at SK Chemicals, he helped build Dodo Point, a tablet-based merchant loyalty service. Spoqa later transferred that business to Yanolja F&B Solution and focused on Kitchenboard, its restaurant ingredient purchasing platform. He also co-founded Carry Protocol.

- **Role:** Co-founder & Co-CEO at Spoqa
- **Organizations:** Spoqa, Carry Protocol, SK Chemicals
- **From:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Education:** Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Master’s in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Won a university business invention competition while studying at Johns Hopkins., Received the Cornell Alumni Association of Korea’s Cornellian of the Year award in 2018., Co-founded Spoqa and helped develop Dodo Point and Kitchenboard.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Returned to Korea and worked in SK Chemicals R&D.
- **2008** — Met Grant Sohn while working as a part-time English instructor.
- **2011** — Co-founded Spoqa; initial social loyalty app released in November.
- **2012** — Dodo launched in April.
- **2018** — Publicly active as Carry Protocol co-founder and co-CEO.
- **2020** — Spoqa launched Dodo Cart ingredient cost management service.
- **2022** — Spoqa transferred Dodo Point to Yanolja F&B Solution and rebranded Dodo Cart as Kitchenboard.

## Achievements

- Won a university business invention competition while studying at Johns Hopkins.
- Received the Cornell Alumni Association of Korea’s Cornellian of the Year award in 2018.
- Co-founded Spoqa and helped develop Dodo Point and Kitchenboard.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Spoqa shared a report that Kitchenboard was handling around 40,000 ingredient orders per month.
- **2024-11** — Spoqa’s product history records Kitchenboard AI order creation and unpaid-balance management features.

## Links

- Website: https://spoqa.co.kr/en/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheigh
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/cheigh1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seoulgrid

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Last updated: 2026-10-08