Sarah (Ping) Li

Co-Founder

Cupertino, California, United States29 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of a revolutionary public blockchain solution.
  • Over 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley tech industry.
  • Expertise in firmware and software development for leading tech companies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Blockchain and Semiconductor expert with extensive experience in firmware and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipFundraising

Other Skills

Product DevelopmentSoCEmbedded SystemsDebuggingFirmwareSemiconductorsSATARTOSHardware ArchitectureCSoftware EngineeringSystem ArchitectureC++Software DevelopmentObject Oriented Design

About

President and founder of BlackPearl.Chain, a visionary public blockchain OS solution designed from the ground up. With our 3rd generation blockchain technology, BlackPearl.Chain is capable of processing millions of transactions per second, with sub-second finality and a super-secure VRF consensus model. Our low-power consumption node software is specially designed for mobile phones, with an exceptionally low transaction cost of $0.05. My lifelong mission is to connect people and empower them to achieve extraordinary things. With blockchain technology, we can build a global community and distribute value freely to ordinary people worldwide. With over 20 years of Silicon Valley high-tech industry experience, I have gained extensive international experience through my work at esteemed tech companies including Apple, Sony, Samsung, and SanDisk. As a web3 entrepreneur, I co-founded BlackPearl.Chain with a world-class computer security and blockchain scientist while serving previously as CEO and now as president of this leading mobile blockchain business. I have been instrumental in building an international business framework, and successfully collaborating with various digital currency exchanges, facilitating marketing and product development, as well as fundraising to ensure business sustainability. In the field of marketing and business strategy, I have 5 years of experience executing successful campaigns as a part of the world-leading semiconductor company SanDisk. As a key team member, I was instrumental in securing design wins with over 80 OEM customers worldwide, while also being SanDisk's first technical evangelist. Additionally, I successfully delivered sales supporting software such as device drivers and file systems. With over 15 years of software and firmware development experience, I have extensive expertise in flash-related product development, delivering successful products such as SSDs, USB flash cards, and microSDs. I am proficient in embedded operating system development and have delivered Apple Newton's device operating system and Sony's AIBO OS (Artificial Intelligence roBOt Operating system), which was used in the innovative AIBO AI dog design. I truly believe in the power of technology to change lives and am committed to continuous learning and innovation. I invite you to learn more about BlackPearl.Chain's revolutionary public blockchain solution at www.blackpearlchain.io.

Experience

29 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
5 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Blackpearlchain inc

3 roles

BlackPearl Wallet Founder and CEO

Dec 2025Present · 5 mos

President and Founder

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

CEO, Founder

Feb 2019Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • A Silicon Valley blockchain startup
EntrepreneurshipFundraising

Samsung electronics america

Firmware Engineer

Dec 2012Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 3 mos · san jose, california

  • Enterprise PCIe / NVME SSD firmware development

Sandisk

2 roles

Firmware Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2007Nov 2012 · 5 yrs 10 mos

  • SATA Solid State Drive Firmware development
  • IEEE 1667 Secure USB Firmware development
  • U3 USB Flash Drive Firmware Development
  • USB Secure Token Firmware Development
  • SD+ FW Development

Technology Evangelist, Technical Marketing Manager, Principal Engineer

May 2000Dec 2006 · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Mobile Market Technical Marketing and Evangelism
  • U3 UFD Evaluation Effort
  • NAND Flash HDTK Development based on Flash FX
  • WinCE SDK Development
  • SD/NAND Flash Software Development Kit Project

Sony

System Program Engineer

Jan 1998Apr 2000 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • HAVi (Home Audio/Video Interoperability) porting project
  • IEEE 1394 device driver programming
  • Bootstrap (Monitor code) programming
  • Operating System programming
  • Automated testing tool design and implementation

Apple

Software Engineer

Jan 1996Dec 1997 · 1 yr 11 mos · Cupertino, California, United States

  • Independently designed and implemented a testing tool to automate the API testing of NewtonOS component: Newton Data Link Layer Driver Development Kit (DDK)

Education

Nanjing University

Bachelor's degree — Physics

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Master of Science - MS

San José State University

Master of Science - MS (Dropout) — Computer Science

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