Dr. Chon received a Ph.D degree in Computer Science from UCLA and a BS degree in Engineering Science from Osaka University. He worked at Rockwell International as a distributed computer system designer in the late 60s, and at Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a member of the Technical Staff in the area of advanced mission control in the late 70s.
He joined the Korea Institute of Electronics Technology in 1979 to work on computer systems development, and became a professor of Computer Science at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1982.

Dr. Chon has worked on networking systems, including the Internet, since the early 1980s. He founded and is the current chair of various regional Internet organizations such as Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG), Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN), and Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Name Forum (APTLD). He is also the co-chair of the Coordination Committee of Intercontinental Research Networking(CCIRN). Dr. Chon developed the first Internet in Asia, called SDN in 1982, and organized the first Internet conference (PCCS) in 1985.

In 2000, Dr. Chon founded Networking, Inc., an incubator of high tech companies. Networking, Inc. draws on and synthesizes the knowledge and experience of technology groups worldwide to facilitate the advancement of high tech infrastructure.