Noura Liben
Venture Partner at Defiance Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Startup Advisor
2023 - Current
Consulting for Technology, Product Strategy & Product Management
Venture Partner
2024
Founder
2019 - 2023
DBA OpenBeauty BizOps platform simplifying front and back-office workflows for healthcare SMBs.
VC Scout
2020 - 2022
Scout Seed stage startups mainly across enterprise and consumer.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.
Angel Track
2020 - 2020
Masterclass and community for some of the highest caliber operators and founders in tech. One of 30 operators selected into the 6th cohort.
First Round Angel Track is a community of operators and founders looking to develop their skills and identities as early-stage investors.
Head of Product
2017 - 2019
ML-powered startup conceived in the famed Stanford STRAMGT 356 Startup Garage course. I spearheaded the development and launch of an ML-powered inventory management tool, leveraging computer vision and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to automate photo-based analysis and categorization of e-commerce inventory. I designed a robust data pipeline for collecting, preprocessing, and labeling thousands of images to train our models.
VC Associate
2017 - 2017
OMLP Associate
2013 - 2016
Cross functional rotational leadership program through hardware product development lifecycle. - Production Supervisor, GE Oil & Gas - Capital Drilling Equipment Oversaw direction and indirect resource allocation to key product lines, managing 20 direct reports. - Production Planner, GE Energy - Compressed Natural Gas Reduced procurement cycle times by introducing automation and data-driven efficiency improvements. - Global Materials Manager, GE Oil & Gas - Pressure Control Division Led data-driven problem-solving initiatives, identifying core issues and implementing solutions that streamlined workflows and reduced inefficiencies. - Lean Six Sigma Leader, GE Energy Advanced Manufacturing Facility Spearheaded cross-functional process improvement initiatives with a focus on warehouse technology. - Strategic Sourcing Analyst, GE Transportation New Product Initiatives Developed and implemented global sourcing strategies for new product development, ensuring supply chain resilience. - Lead Materials Manager, GE Power Turbomachinery Led an organization-wide implementation of business intelligence tools for enhanced ERP data visibility.
GE Intelligent Platforms is a global provider of software, hardware, services, and embedded computing platforms.
Manufacturing Engineering Intern
2011 - 2011
Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping their customers solve complex challenges and improve quality.