Katherine Li Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

DPH-SAPC’s mission is to ensure that all people and communities in LA County have a chance to pursue their dreams and fulfill their promise without the burden of substance use and addiction.I run special projects at the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control - Executive Office.

• Invest in APAC startups as part of Singapore-based angels syndicate (Epic Angels)
• Advise pre-seed startups & non-profits on fundraising, go-to-market & programming (US, Oxford, Malawi)
• Lead design thinking & scenario planning programs for executives (Oxford University Exec Ed - Dubai, London)

• Butterfly FX is an award winning social enterprise that I started with a colleague from the Oxford MBA program. Our mission is to ensure that anyone, anywhere has access to the financial products and services they.
• Set and refine vision for democratizing financial services for the underserved and unbanked, creating a new standard for responsible financial service providers in Southeast Asia
• Raise pre-seed round through accelerators & investors (Oxford Foundry - UK; UN Capital Development Fund - Malaysia; STILE - Hong Kong)
• Run marketing and branding initiatives, and acquire APAC clients and partners, e.g. P2P lending, microfinance, on-demand services, central banks, and telcos (BigPay, mykuya, microLEAP, Fonkoze)
• Conduct user interviews and research around behavior change, refine value proposition based on pilot learnings
• Awards: FastCo World Changing Ideas, UNCDF Financial Innovation Lab, Digital Finance for SDGs

San Francisco, CA, US

• Propelland Ventures helps companies build, buy, and invest better through extraordinary design.
• Reporting to CFO, articulate growth vision, run key strategic initiatives, and build global new business pipeline in collaboration with regional partners, teams, and clients
• Partner with F500 company leaders as a thought leader on emerging tech (AR, web3, AI, blockchain) and provide guidance for new product / business roadmaps as well as incubation / M&A strategies
• Deliver rapid prototypes and presentations to build the business case for further investment from presidents and boards, including support for business spinouts
• Develop investment thesis and oversee startup portfolio and pipeline (service for equity) globally and IP negotiation and contract with Nokia Labs

San Francisco, CA, US

• Propelland is a global strategy, design, and engineering firm. We bring to life products, services, and businesses that add value to people’s lives and the planet.
• Reporting to COO, grow strategic value of global client accounts 100%+ YoY to >$2.85M annually
• Advise executive clients, build compelling proposals to win new business, design and sell innovation services
• Lead 15+ end-to-end prototyping projects for CPG and e-commerce / retail clients like Nike, overseeing global teams of strategists, designers, technologists, developers, and engineers in NA, LATAM, and EMEA
• Manage 1) scoping, pricing, and procurement, 2) teams, vendors, and utilization, and 3) deliverables to ensure high quality, profitable projects
• Build team of 6+ strategists and instill a culture of design excellence to operate flexibly and autonomously with clear, measurable success metrics to ensure high performance

San Francisco, California, US

• Reporting to CEO, manage accounts & projects for 8+ California government and F1000 executive teams ($2M)
• Create operations department to oversee resource allocation, planning, and workflows, reducing data analysis workflow by 4 hours / client and ensuring continuous improvement
• Manage two team members to measure, track, and deliver excellent customer experience based on key metrics
• Partner with CEO, Head of Product, and Director of Product Marketing to design and plan SaaS pilot for government organizations, and support land and expand sales approach
• Expertise: Change management, executive coaching, organizational & service design, and data analysis

San Francisco, California, US

• Manage accounts and 6+ projects for California government and F1000 executive teams (~$1.5M annually), supporting annual subscription renewals
• Project manage, design, and launch US$200k+ people analytics subscription within 3 months on a 4 person project team, capture voice of customer, and refine value proposition and features

San Francisco, California, US

• HiPER Solutions is an advisory company that leverages a proven leadership playbook for digital transformation.
• Manage and deliver change management and organization design projects for California government and F1000 executive teams, including data analysis, reporting, and meeting facilitation
• Plan and run digital marketing initiatives to build top-of-funnel (i.e. conferences, webinars, best practice papers)

San Francisco, CA, US

• As one of the first employees, I created company-wide processes for consistent, high quality service (Facebook 4.6/5, UX Magazine Complete Customer Experience Award)
• Train and on-board new team members in a fast paced, venture backed co-working startup
• Develop and iterate first SOPs to ensure high quality service, receiving the Complete Customer Experience Award from UX Magazine

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Ux Academy Foundations

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Education record