Ning Li

Chief Executive Officer

2024 - Current

Venture Partner

2019

Foothill Ventures, a technology-focused venture with $250M AUM, making pre-seed, seed (preferred), and A-round investments in startups across software, life science, and deep tech. NSF i-Corp Industry Mentor Board of Advisors, LumiShield Technology Entrepreneurship Mentor, DeepRx.ai Entrepreneurship Mentor, IntelliU

Head of Platform Development

2021 - 2024

Empower surgeons with AI solutions

Co-Founder

2016 - 2018

As cofounder of Petuum, a ML/AI startup, led the company to successfully raise series A ($15 Million) and series B ($93 Million) funding from global leading investors including Softbank. Managed company full operation and grew the company from a handful of founding members to over 100 employees in 18 months. Led Petuum's business development in industrial AI and healthcare AI solutions. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/10/softbank-invests-93-million-in-ai-start-up-petuum.html https://www.geekwire.com/2018/raising-93m-pittsburgh-startup-petuum-plans-hire-130-people-year-aims-vmware-ai/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/10/petuum-secures-93m-series-b-to-push-ai-into-the-mainstream/

Various Titles for New Product & Advanced Technology Development Management

1998 - 2016

Enjoyed an inspiring career journey expanding nearly two decades of exponential growth of magnetic recording density from 2Gb/in2 to 1Tb/in2. Leading the technology transition from Longitudinal Recording, to Perpendicular Recording to Bit Patterned Recording. Deeply experienced with full product cycle and leading cross functional teams from POC, advanced technology demo, product development, customer qualification and volume production. Delivered enterprise products with industry record performance, with successful production launch in Singapore, Thailand and China. Trained for Design for Six Sigma.