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Park Sang-il is the founder and CEO of Park Systems.

He is accelerating efforts to expand market share in the atomic force microscope (AFM) sector through mergers and acquisitions as well as the launch of new products.

Born on August 11, 1958, Park attended Seoul Dongseong High School and earned a degree in Physics from Seoul National University. He later obtained a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in the United States and completed the AEA-Stanford Executive Institute Program, a collaborative executive education initiative between the American Electronics Association (AEA) and Stanford University.

After earning his doctorate at Stanford, Park founded "Park Scientific Instruments" in the United States in 1988, where he successfully commercialized the world’s first atomic force microscope.

After selling the company, he returned to Korea and established PSIA (now Park Systems), taking on the role of CEO.

Park has held various roles, including Advisory Board Member of the Korean Society of Semiconductor & Display Technology, Vice President of the Korean Physical Society, Director of the Korean Vacuum Society, and Member of the KOSDAQ Market Listing Committee. He also served as an advisory member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology and as a member of the Future Preparation Committee under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in 2014.

He is an active full member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and has served as President of the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS).

Park is regarded as a pioneer for commercializing the world’s first atomic force microscope.

As a child, he dreamed of becoming a scientist like Edison.

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