Dr. Joseph S. Cabuay is a Teaching Associate Professor of Technology Systems Management at Stony Brook University/SUNY Korea and an international management consultant, executive advisor, educator, facilitator, and executive coach. His work focuses on AI governance, responsible technology, organizational leadership, ethics, executive decision-making, and the human and institutional dimensions of technology governance.
His current work examines how organizations govern AI in practice—not only through policies, frameworks, compliance requirements, and formal oversight structures, but through the organizational realities that ultimately determine whether governance works. These include authority, accountability, human agency, culture, incentives, politics, information, time pressure, and the ability of individuals to challenge, redirect, escalate, pause, or stop technology-enabled decisions when necessary.
Dr. Cabuay brings more than three decades of international experience spanning higher education, management consulting, international affairs, government, economic development, technology, global business, and executive education. His career has included service at United Nations Headquarters, including assignment to the Secretary-General’s Detail during the tenures of Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan; Vice President for Global Business Development at the New York City Economic Development Corporation; Director of Global Strategy and Partnerships at Seoul National University; and Founding Executive Director of the Asia Society Korea Center.
As a management consultant, advisor, executive educator, facilitator, and coach, Dr. Cabuay has worked with more than 1,000 executives and senior leaders internationally. His consulting and executive-development engagements have involved organizations including Samsung Electronics, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Standard Chartered, AXA, POSCO, Korean Air, Petronas, Roche, L’Oréal Korea, and other multinational organizations. His work has addressed leadership effectiveness, organizational decision-making, strategic communication, stakeholder alignment, negotiation, cross-cultural management, technology-driven change, executive performance, and organizational transformation.
His current external work increasingly centers on board- and executive-level AI governance, responsible technology, organizational accountability, meaningful human oversight, risk escalation, decision rights, and leadership judgment under uncertainty. He designs and delivers programs that connect formal governance structures with the practical conditions under which leaders and organizations must make consequential decisions involving AI and emerging technologies.
Dr. Cabuay holds a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Northeastern University, with an Applied Research Focus in Technological Systems Management; a Master of International Affairs in Science and Technology Policy Management from Columbia University; and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communications from Hunter College, City University of New York.
Past and Present Research
This is a sample of four areas: (1) more current academic research projects, (2) several past and current corporate research projects, (3) my history in many institutional advisory roles, and (4) various media presentations:
2021
• SUNY Korea [Stony Brook University] & University of Copenhagen: Leadership-Management Analysis before and after the COVID 19 Pandemic. A Qualitative Analysis of Korean managers’ experience in leading and managing their direct reports before and during the pandemic. Research project members: Dr. Suzana Brown (SUNY, Korea – Stony Brook University) and Dr. Louise Harder Fischer (University of Copenhagen).
2020-2021
• SUNY Korea [Stony Brook University] - Project Senior advisor for global outreach and partnership development Commodity Ecology Mobile Platform with Dr. Mark Whitaker (SUNY Korea – Stony Brook University), Chief Researcher and Designer of the CEM Platform.
Corporate Applied Research Projects [Under NDA] 2003 – Present
• Korean Air – Executive Performance Management & Cross-Cultural Efficiencies Research Project
• Samsung Electronics – Global Leadership Development, Cross-Cultural Management Research Project
• Samsung Global Strategy Group – Global Leadership - Cross-Cultural Management Research Project
• Samsung Everland – Executive Leadership & Cross-Cultural Management Research Project
• Microsoft Headquarters – Global Sales Performance, & Sales Readiness Research Project
• Microsoft Asia-Pacific – Executive Sales Leadership & Strategic Sales Development Research Project
• Nautilus-Hyosung Group – U.S. Market & New Product Development Research Project
• Samsung Marine & Fire Insurance – Strategic Communications & Behavioral Studies Research
• DOLBY Korea – DOLBY USA – Strategic Negotiations & Operational Efficiencies Research Project
• UBS Financial Services – Executive Corporate Story Telling & Ownership, Feasibility Study
• Standard Chartered Bank – Attitudinal, Behavioral, and Motivational Research on M&A strategies
• Intergraph, Australia – Global Management Research Project – Executive Level
• Winterthru, Switzerland – Strategic Negotiations and Conflict Resolution Research Project
• Rexnord, USA – Global Management & Strategic Communications Research Project
• Goldman Sachs, HKG – Strategic Communications Research Project
Advisory Roles & Public/Community Service
• Seoul Investment Center
• Samsung Finance University
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Korea
• National Human Resources Institute, Korea
• Korean Air Learning Center, Korean Air HQ
• Samsung Human Resource Department
• Samsung Electronics Leadership Center
• Samsung Marine Fire & Insurance
• POSCO University
• POSCO Daewoo
TV/Media Appearances
• UN Nations Newsletter (NY, UNHQ) – Presentation on Organizational Effectiveness at UNHQ 2019
• EBS Radio (Seoul, Korea) – Radio Interview on Korean Business Culture, 2018
• EBS TV Station (Seoul, Korea) – TV Interview on the UN & Globalization, 2007
• Asia Society Media Clip – Korea Center Anniversary 2009
• Asia Society Media Clip – Korea Center Anniversary 2008
• Asia Society Media Clip – Korea Center Opening 2007
• Hanyang University Division of International Studies Magazine Interview, 2008
• Arirang TV Station (Seoul, Korea) – TV Interview on “Heart to Heart,” Global Partnership Development and Internationalization 2011
• KBS TV News (Seoul, Korea) – News Interview on Foreign Businesses entering Korea, 2014