Kr Liu Email & Phone Number

United States

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Lead brand and product strategy development of groundbreaking human sensory innovation products like Live Caption, Expressive Caption, Guided Frame, and Look To Speak integrating AI while elevating brand reputation and user trust. Co-collaborated across engineering, marketing and brand to drive impactful outcomes aligning with business and brand goals with global campaigns and GTM efforts.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Created and launched Google's Global Accessibility Marketing Playbook, which Google's CMO premiered at Cannes in 2022. Helped increase representation of disability from 1% to 6% in two years. Supported awarded winning campaigns such as A CODA Story and A Look Can Say A Lot at the Oscars. In 2024, launched Guided Frame at the Super Bowl, which was one of Google's most successful marketing efforts of the year.

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Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

West Lafayette , Us

Arlington, Va, Us

The CTA Foundation's mission is to link seniors and people with disabilities with technology to enhance their lives, and we have been able to assist innovative nonprofits to make a difference.

Austin, Tx, Us

The SXSW Conference Advisory Board aids in the selection of the majority sessions featured daily throughout the Conference in each programming Track by grading a selected number of PanelPicker-proposed sessions via the SXSW Evaluator. The Advisory Board also helps to shape the focus of each Track via pre/post event surveys and, in some cases, direct communication with the SXSW Track Lead.

Montreal, Ca

World Wide Hearing is a non-profit organization that provides access to affordable hearing aids to children and youth in developing countries. We connect people to the world through better hearing. World Health Organization (WHO) and WWHearing (World Wide Hearing Care for Developing Countries) work together to encourage and enable provision of affordable hearing aids and services on a massive scale, especially in developing countries and underserved communities. By working together, WHO and WWHearing will consolidate and strengthen global efforts to eliminate avoidable hearing impairment and promote better hearing.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Advisor on strategic design and marketing positioning of Live Caption for the Deaf and HoH community in partnership with the Google Creative Lab.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Worked on Alphabet’s moonshot lab developing a device to give people superhuman hearing / Codenamed project ‘Wolverine’

New York, New York, Us

Champion for Disability Inclusion for The Disability Collection campaign with Verizon Media and Getty Images.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) is the nation’s leading organization representing people with hearing loss. According to the National Center for Health Statistics 48 million (20 percent) Americans have some degree of hearing loss making it a public health issue third in line after heart disease and arthritis.HLAA provides assistance and resources for people with hearing loss and their families to learn how to adjust to living with hearing loss. HLAA is working to eradicate the stigma associated with hearing loss and raise public awareness about the need for prevention, treatment, and regular hearing screenings throughout life.The Hearing Loss Association of America has an impact on communication access, public policy, research, public awareness, and service delivery related to hearing loss. Its national support network includes an office in the Washington D.C. area, state organizations, and HLAA Chapters and state organizations across the country.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

IP Acquired by Dolby LaboratoriesKR has spent over the last two decades advocating for affordable, socially acceptable accessible technology. Over the last two years at Doppler Labs, KR combines all of her passions: advocacy, technology, inclusion and accessibility leading Doppler Labs strategic vision of accessible hearing access for all.Today, she is often named as a prominent voice in the industry of accessibility inclusion. Although there have been countless milestones in her advocacy work over the last two decades, one of the most important projects she worked on as an accessibility advocate is her partnership with Senator Elizabeth Warren to help pass the Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, which was signed into law on August 18th, 2017. Now, hearing aids will become more accessible and affordable than ever for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. KR has made it her life's work to promote diversity in tech, specifically for women, people of different abilities and the LGBTQ communities.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Doppler Labs was founded in 2013 with the mission to create wearable tech that makes computing more immersive and human. In the near-term we are focused on building “hearables,” wearable technology for the ears that optimize the way you hear the world. KR leads advocacy and accessibility efforts for Doppler Labs and has made it her life's work to be a strong advocate and voice championing new technology that enhance the way communicate the world. She has spoken on panels at The White House, the Federal Trade Commission, the UN, SXSW, CES 2017, Tech Crunch: Justice, and spoken at several other conferences on disability and LGBTQ inclusion in technology.Highlights at Doppler Labs:She launched and currently drives all of Doppler Labs product strategy and policy efforts around hearing health access. This lead to her collaborating on Senator Warren and Senator Grassley's newly passed legislation called the Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, which became law on August 18th, 2017.She has been driving Doppler Labs hearing health accessibility GTM strategy over the last two years, which lead to a strategic shift in the company direction and opened a new market segment.Our strong strategic partnerships were built utilizing her board positions with World Wide Hearing Foundation, Consumer Technology Association, and the Hearing Loss Association of America to help push for awareness of Doppler Labs within the hearing devices regulatory landscape. This also included the Federal Trade Commission, FDA, NASAM, and members of Congress.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Acquired by Fitbit Dec 2016Pebble is the smartwatch that 85,000+ people brought to life through Kickstarter. After setting the Kickstarter funding record, Pebble has continued to develop into a fully-functional and customizable smartwatch ecosystem.Established our accessibilities product strategy for Pebble. Launched partnerships with device manufacturers Starkey Hearing and DEXCOM. Created products together that assisted the Hard of Hearing and Diabetic community.• Sales leader for all retail sales partnerships globally for Pebble.• Established new business in the first 6 months with placement in key partners such as Best Buy, AT&T, Amazon Global, Target, Sprint, O2, and Dixons.• Grew retail sales 250% in 12 months.• Created new global distribution 2 countries to 22 countries in first year.• Grew retail door count to over 10,000 retail doors.• Established #2 market share position according to NPD.• Responsible for driving 90% of Pebble’s revenue.

Acquired by HOMEDICS December, 2015SOL REPUBLIC is comprised of music fanatics who develop products from the ground up to make products that look, sound and feel unlike anything else in the market. More than just a headphone company, SOL REPUBLIC celebrates the people who make music, love music and are devoted to music. We are committed to creating a community where music fans, athletes and all dreamers are welcome to put a voice to their ideas, share their sound, and be heard.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Acquired by Gator IncUncommon is an online customization business for Apple hardware accessories. We design and manufacture premium personal accessories that consumers and retailers can customize with unmatched ease and quality. Our proprietary 3D TATT™ printing process ensures durable, long-lasting, high resolution imagery on every product we imprint.

Commerce Township, Michigan, Us

The Company’s brand portfolio includes The Sharper Image, House of Marley, myCharge, Powerbag, HMDX, Black & Decker Shredders and HoMedics among others. HoMedics distributes its products to more than 60 countries throughout North America, South America, Central America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Acquired by VMG Partners in March 2011Acquired by Samsonite May 2014Speck is obsessed with designing cases that are just as smart and indispensable as the gadgets they protect. Founded by a group of design engineers, and located in the heart of Silicon Valley, we are captivated by technology, fanatical about our gadgets, and consumed with making products people love. Our focus on what people care about inspires us to craft cases that are a perfect fit. We make cases that don’t just protect phones, MacBooks, and tablets – they also contain clever details that spark delight in our customers.As the third employee hired at Speck, I drove and developed our strategy to execute distribution channels in the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Launched Speck with major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, and Amazon. Grew distribution revenue 225% in 3 years and double sales revenue year over year. Was key in helping the company reach profitability and was responsible for more than 40% of all revenue for the company.

Acquired by InterTrend 2007Design, manufacturing and marketing of Apple iPod related accessories including wireless remote control, Bluetooth stereo adapters and headphones. Development of product roadmaps for technology partners. Reference technology supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide. Conceived the Bluetooth stereo speaker concept and Bluetooth-enabled smart watch.Macworld Best in Show Winner 2005

Acquired by Makena Technologies 2005There.com is an online virtual world where anyone can explore, meet friends and play games. It was founded in 1998 by Will Harvey, a Stanford computer science Ph.D. and game developer, and Jeffrey Ventrella, an expert on artificial life from MIT's Media Lab. The duo raised approximately $37 million - including $20 million from employees, $11 million from angel investors and $6 million from Sutter Hill Ventures. In 2005 the company was spun off under Makena Technologies, and in March 2010 There closed to the public. In May 2011, There announced it would reopen as a 18+ Cloud-based service.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Acquired by Stamps.com 2015 Endicia is the leading provider of high volume shipping technologies and services for U.S. Postal Service shipping. It offers solutions that help businesses run their shipping operations more smoothly and function more successfully. Endicia also provides seamless access to USPS shipping services through integration with more than 250 partner applications. Endicia has printed more than $12B in postage since inception.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Acquired by Qualcomm Incorporated 2009Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics, processors, and media solutions for both commercial and consumer markets. The company’s products portfolio includes desktop graphics, laptop graphics, professional graphics, desktop processors, laptop and tablet processors, server processors, embedded processors, chipsets, and solid state drives (SSD). Its solutions portfolio includes APU-based systems for tablets, laptops, and desktops; cloud, virtualization, and HPC server solutions; professional graphics solutions; embedded solutions; software solutions; and pro solutions.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

We at Winnov have immersed ourselves in the technology since the early days of internet video. Starting with capture cards and webcams, we’ve evolved into the force we are today. Trusted in top universities and enterprises today, we launch video needs forward and continue to make game-changing innovations facing challenges head-on.

Certificate, Leadership Training

Associates Of Applied Science, Electrical And Electronics Engineering