Managing Director
Dr. Lai has more than 15 years of experience in strategy, corporate development, and business partnerships, focused on the tech and financial services industries. She has worked at leading companies, including global consultancies like The Boston Consulting Group, Gartner, and EY, tech startups like FAST Search & Transfer (now Microsoft) and Aeris Communications, and large enterprises like Microsoft and TransUnion. She has run strategy and market development for businesses with revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars, including TransUnion’s International business unit. She holds Bachelor degrees in Math and in Physics from The University of California at Berkeley and earned a Ph.D. in Particle Physics from The University of Chicago.