Karen T. Lin is the Lead Designer & Experience Strategist at Confidential Fortune 100 Bank. Prior to that, Lin was the Chief Experience Officer at BloomMe & BloomMe Pro. Originally from Boston, Lin is a UX & consumer behavior consultant who invests in startup teams that are seeking user-validated insights. Now based in Taipei & Hong Kong, Lin has also mentored for ALPHA Camp, Lean Startup Machine, and Foxconn’s H.Spectrum startup teams. Lin’s background in Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) coupled with over 11 years in User Experience (UX) on e-commerce & app projects for Fortune 500 clients puts her in a unique position to take on the design challenges of a multi-channel, multi-platform world. Part consultant and part coach, she is also dedicated to empowering founders to become more skilful at validating ideas with real users and cultivating an intuition for identifying unmet consumer needs.

Her favorite quote is: “The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.” -Salman Rushdie