Karen Li is a Product Architect at Xero, previously a Lead Engineer. As an Engineer Karen focused on applying sustainably excellent engineering practice and delivering capabilities to Xero customers and internal employees. As an Architect, Karen focuses on providing context and connecting work with the wider strategies of the organisation. Karen has been with industry for 10+ years, she’s excited to bridge between academic science and industry practice. Prior to industry, Karen had an academic career (PhD in Computer Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand). Her research area was domain-specific visual languages led software automation.