Philip Y Li
Education
Stanford University
Bachelor’s Degree, Human Biology -
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), -
UCLA
Master’s Degree, Computer Science -
Tsinghua University
Semester Abroad, Chinese -
London Business School
Semester Abroad, MBA -
University of California, Berkeley
UC Intercampus Exchange, EECS, -
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Semester Abroad, MBA, -Work Experience
Climate CCO Advisory
Current
Climate CCO Advisory
E8 Angels
Current
E8 Angels
Common, Ujet, Citybldr, Avenue Homes
2017-01-01 - 2022-01-01
Common, Ujet, Citybldr, Avenue Homes
Boomtown Ventures
2014-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Boomtown Ventures
Renew Home
2014-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Renew Home
Ownerstation, Inc.
2011-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Ownerstation, Inc.
Suntech
2009-01-01 - 2010-01-01
Suntech
SunPower Corporation
2007-01-01 - 2009-01-01
SunPower Corporation
The Chinese Founders Fund
2005-01-01 - 2007-01-01
The Chinese Founders Fund
Nike
2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01
Nike
Skills
Summary
Venture builder and investor with 15+ years of climate experience. * STARTUP CXO with experience leading product, engineering, data science, and operations, particularly for energy & built environment. I automated operations for a 15k-unit apartment portfolio, cutting onboarding times by 10x. * BOARD CO-CHAIR at E8, which has invested in 150+ cleantech startups with 15 exits. We launched a new annual fund this year. I am leading a process redesign to make E8 run more like a startup, tripling the number of companies we diligence and present for investment. * SOLAR PIONEER at SUNPOWER. I developed three of the largest US solar power plants back when such projects were just emerging from FOAK (first-of-a-kind) status. Projects resulted in over 950MW of built capacity, contributing ~$3B revenue to the company. "There’s no master key that unlocks all doors. The more keys you have, the more likely you are to find hidden connections between domains that hyper-specialists are missing." -- Range
