Isaac Lee

Economics student at Irvine Valley College. I spent summer 2026 doing go-to-market work at ZEP, an EdTech company.

Looking for a summer 2027 internship in business development or partnerships.

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Isaac Lee standing on the sand below Inspiration Point, Newport Beach
Inspiration Point, Newport Beach

Most of the job was outbound. I found schools and organizations that might actually want the product, worked out who made the decision, wrote the first email, and ran the demo if they replied. That came to about 4,000 messages across South Korea, Estonia, Finland and the United States, and roughly 50 meetings. Three Estonian schools are running pilots, and we signed partnerships with EdTech organizations in Estonia and Finland.

The part I did not expect to matter most was the follow-up. Almost none of those meetings came from a first email. They came from the second or third.

I also coach tennis, and have for three years, most recently at Newport Beach Tennis Club.

Experience

Jun – Aug 2026Seoul, South Korea

ZEP

Go-to-Market Specialist & Business Analyst

  • Kept the whole pipeline in Notion — every school, contact and follow-up — so the second and third emails went out on time, which is where the meetings came from.
  • Ran ZEP QUIZ demos built around each school's own curriculum rather than a stock deck; the calculus set below was one of them.
The ZEP QUIZ authoring screen, generating calculus questions on u-substitution
ZEP QUIZ, building a calculus set for a demo

Oct 2025 – presentNewport Beach, CA

Newport Beach Tennis Club

Tennis Coach

  • Coach beginner and intermediate players in group clinics and private lessons, with individual feedback on technique, footwork and match strategy.
Isaac Lee coaching a junior clinic at Newport Beach Tennis Club
Coaching a junior clinic

Sep 2024 – Aug 2025Libertyville, IL

Lifesport Athletic Club

Tennis Coach

  • Led 75+ junior classes, wrote lesson plans and training games, and supported more than 80 students, including 30+ competitive successes.

2019 – 2025Vernon Hills, IL

Earlier

Barista at Starbucks (2024–25); manager and barista at MilkCow Cafe (2019–23).

Projects and leadership

2026

Lee Tennis Co.

Built and shipped it myself

  • My coaching business needed a site, so I built one and put it on GitHub Pages at leetennisco.com: lessons, rates, photographs and online booking.

Sep – Nov 2025Irvine, CA

AI's economic impact on entry-level jobs in the U.S.

Independent research

  • Analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data on the entry-level roles most exposed to automation, and presented the findings as an academic poster covering employment, policy and education.

Sep 2024 – Apr 2025Vernon Hills, IL

Vernon Hills High School Ping Pong Club

President

  • Ran 10 mixers and tournaments with neighbouring schools, and recruited members through direct campus outreach.

Aug 2024 – Jun 2025Des Plaines, IL

Saint Paul Chong Hasang Youth Group

Secretary

  • Organized studies, retreats and fundraisers for a community of 60+, raising over $8,000 and collecting more than 1,000 donated items of clothing.

Details

Education
Irvine Valley College, Associate of Arts in Economics, expected May 2027. 4.0 GPA. IVC Honors Society and Economics Club.
Skills
Prospecting, pipeline management, product demonstrations, partnerships, market and customer research, opportunity sizing.
Tools
Notion, Google Sheets, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, some Python.
Languages
English (native), Korean (proficient), Spanish (beginner).

Outside work

None of this is on my résumé, but it is where most of my week goes once the laptop shuts. It is also where I learned the most about getting people to show up for something regularly, which turns out to be the same problem in a running club and in a sales pipeline.

Aug 2026 – presentCamino Fidei

Running

Founder — Camino Fidei, “the way of faith”

  • Founded the first running club my church has had, after noticing several of us were already running separately.
  • Organize the night runs, set the route, and keep the pace to whoever turns up slowest, so nobody is dropped and people come back the following week.

BoulderingAliso Viejo

Rock climbing

Indoors, mostly

  • The one thing here where progress is measurable to the move. A problem either goes or it doesn't, which is probably why it stuck.

WintersSouthern California

Snowboarding

  • A few trips a season, usually with the same group. Southern California snow is not good snow, but it is a two-hour drive, which counts for a lot.
  • Darren, Matt, Jom and Isaac after the first Camino Fidei night run
    The first Camino Fidei night run
  • Isaac climbing Sneaky, a V5 boulder problem, in Aliso Viejo
    Sneaky, a V5 — Aliso Viejo
  • Isaac Lee strapping on a helmet at the top of a run
    Helmet on, about to drop in
  • Isaac Lee with the ZEP team in front of the ZEP office sign
    The ZEP team, Gangnam, Seoul
  • Isaac Lee serving during a match
    Serve
  • Isaac Lee presenting his research poster, AI's Economic Impact on Entry-Level Jobs in the U.S.
    Presenting the research poster
  • Isaac Lee hitting a forehand
    Forehand, indoor practice

Get in touch

If you're hiring for a summer 2027 internship, or you just want to compare notes on outbound, email is the fastest way to reach me.

I reply to everything.

21euisungisaac@gmail.com

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