Li J is a San Francisco–based fintech and blockchain entrepreneur with eight years of professional experience blending investment management and product leadership. He has led teams at Harmony since 2018, helping shape a high-throughput blockchain, while concurrently managing Maverick Investment Fund, demonstrating a rare mix of crypto protocol exposure and active asset management. Earlier roles as VP at GSV Asset Management and investment-banking beginnings at William Blair, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs give him deep capital markets expertise that informs product and token-economics decisions. He co-founded multiple startups and taught as an adjunct at Northwestern, signaling both hands-on execution and a commitment to mentorship. Fluent in Chinese culture studies from Tsinghua and recently certified in Generative AI, he combines cross-cultural insight with a curiosity for emerging AI and blockchain intersections.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Course Certificate Generative AI for Everyone, Course Certificate Generative AI for Everyone at Coursera
B.A Economics, B.A Economics at Northwestern University
Certification in Chinese Language and Culture Chinese Language and Literature, Certification in Chinese Language and Culture Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University
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