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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Manufacturing Engineering Intern

    2011 - 2011

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