Summary
Bruce Li is a veteran founder and engineering leader with 11+ years building production AI and computer vision systems and scaling teams from early-stage to exit. As one of the first technical hires at Mashgin and the founder of CollectiveWisdom (acquired by Mashgin), he combines deep-learning expertise with hands-on systems engineering to deliver touchless checkout and other vision products. Previously he founded and exited Goodup after growing it to 20+ engineers, demonstrating repeated ability to turn technical vision into viable businesses. Based in Palo Alto, he bridges product, supply-chain pragmatism, and ML research—often tackling both low-level tooling and high-level deployment challenges. Notably, his career blends formal ML study at Stanford with practical startup execution, reflecting a rare mix of academic training and founder grit.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Computer Arts and Design, Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Computer Arts and Design at Mianyang Normal University
San Diego State University
Machine Learning Data Science, Machine Learning Data Science at Stanford University
English, Chinese