Shin graduated with a First-Class Honours from the University of Bristol, and holds advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to founding Pand.ai in 2016, Shin was the Head of Digital Banking for an international bank in China. In 2013, he was awarded "Top 50 Business Innovators in China" for inventing an ATM machine that generated leads from prospective customers, amassing more than USD100M in Asset-Under-Management (AUM) in less than 12 months.