Facilitating X PRIZE Employment Visioneering session with best selling author Keith Ferrazzi. Attendees include C-suite executives from Google, US Office of Technology, Zappos, Prodea, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Indiegogo, and Factual.

Facilitating X PRIZE Employment Visioneering session with best selling author Keith Ferrazzi. Attendees include C-suite executives from Google, US Office of Technology, Zappos, Prodea, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Indiegogo, and Factual.

Kacy Qua builds what should exist but doesn’t.

A first-principles systems founder, she’d rather design a better machine than repair a broken one. In this age of automation, she is architecting ethical AI to make people more capable instead of expendable. She gravitates toward environments where structural constraints are mistaken for natural laws - especially at inflection points, when legacy systems are cracking and new ones can still be shaped.

She has built and backed ventures across physical, digital, and decentralized infrastructure and institutional design - from water and medicine to education and the future of work - entering early, when action precedes certainty.

 
Interviewing Tony Hsieh and fielding a question from the audience.

Interviewing Tony Hsieh and fielding a question from the audience.

Facilitating an Education Innovation Workshop at Summit LA 18.

Facilitating an Education Innovation Workshop at Summit LA 18.

 

What Clients Say...

““Kacy Qua has an incredible mind and a unique perspective on the world and the future. She is a non-traditional thinker who brings a contrarian mindset and approach to solving important problems. She’s fully in her element exploring world changing ideas with the leading thinkers of our era.” ”
— Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos
 
““Kacy Qua has been like a secret weapon to us. Probably the smartest person I know, and a tremendous resource in helping guide strategy, business development, and growth for us. She is particularly good at translating big vision into practical application and has a wealth of knowledge in a variety of areas. Her insights and problem solving have been transformative for multiple aspects of the business.””
— Brandon Deroche, CEO, Propeller

Companies and Clients

Worked or consulted for various industry leading organizations.

Experience includes:

• Advising a founding CTSI on innovative translation of academic research to improve public health, re-imagining how we train the next generation of health providers, and using incentive prizes to spur innovation.

• Operating (BD, strategy, hiring, L&D, budget, vision, mission, values) a seed stage Atmospheric Water Generation startup.

• Advising a Public Benefit Corp. connecting causes w/ activists, music artists, festivals, and donors to drive immense social change in this generation’s defining issues - voting, mental health, climate, human/women's rights.

• Advising web 3 founders forging decentralized physical infrastructure via a user-owned, token incentivized network.

• Early guidance for a climate startup that convenes, empowers, and educates sustainability professionals.

 

Education

B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, MBA, International Business Certificate, Exponential Technology Certificate (Executive Program)

Writing 

Thrive Global, Medium, Blog

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