Jacob Li
Founder at Cultural Compass
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Li is a founder and seasoned people-and-operations leader with a decade of experience building high-impact teams and programs across APAC. He has held senior roles from VP of Human Resources at Lazada to Chief of Staff and Head of Operations at ADVANCE.AI, and now leads Cultural Compass, blending HR strategy with climate and cultural initiatives. Known for a positive, inspirational leadership style, he focuses on unlocking individual potential and simplifying complex systems—his GitHub ethos, "Simple is better," reflects a bias for clarity and efficient solutions. Based between Hangzhou and Singapore, Jacob pairs an engineering background (MEng, Mechanical Systems & Design) with deep expertise in governance, compensation, and program delivery. Notably, he has transitioned from consultancy and corporate rewards roles into founder-led impact work, signaling a strong blend of operational rigor and mission-driven entrepreneurship.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Mechnical Systems and Design Engineering, MEng, Mechnical Systems and Design Engineering at University of Liverpool
English, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
objective-c10
carthage10
xcode10
swift10
macos10
ios10
cocoapods10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jacoli/FMTopRefleshControl
Jun 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
jacoli/RoadSiteSupervision
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:164 pushes, 24 branches, 6 tags in 11 months
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