Summary
Edward Li is a robotics-focused entrepreneur and engineer with 11 years of experience building products and teams at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and business. As CEO and Co-Founder of Barnabas Robotics, he leads a mission-driven company creating accessible robotics products and education programs that strengthen communities. His background spans hands-on motion control design, embedded C/C++ and VHDL development, and global business development from prior roles at Arcus Technology. He has a track record of taking products from concept to market while hiring and training international distributor and sales networks. A UC Berkeley EECS alumnus, he combines technical depth with a genuine passion for mentoring and empowering others to learn and invent. Notably, he balances product engineering with a founder’s strategic focus on partnerships and educational impact rather than pure commercialization.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
English, Chinese