# Patricia Lai

> Patricia Lai is Chief of Staff to the CEO of unspun, a San Francisco fashion-tech company using 3D weaving to make garments straight from yarn. A UC Irvine graduate, she moved from Deloitte consulting to operating roles at KeepTrucking/Motive and Cruise before landing at unspun, where she works at the intersection of executive strategy, hiring, and scaling a hardware startup trying to decarbonize apparel.

- **Role:** Chief of Staff to the CEO at unspun
- **Organizations:** unspun, Cruise, Motive (KeepTrucking), Deloitte
- **Education:** B.A., Business Administration, University of California, Irvine, International Business (study abroad), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- **Known for:** Filled 21 open roles at unspun in a single quarter, PMP-certified project manager, RYT-200 registered yoga teacher

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Graduates UC Irvine with a B.A. in Business Administration
- **2014-2018** — Consultant, then Senior Consultant, at Deloitte
- **2018** — Certified PMP; certified RYT-200 yoga teacher
- **2018-2019** — Manager at Deloitte
- **2019-2022** — Senior Manager, Special Projects, then Product Manager, Growth, at KeepTrucking / Motive
- **2022-2023** — Staff Strategy and Operations Manager at Cruise
- **2023-present** — Chief of Staff to the CEO at unspun

## Achievements

- Filled 21 open roles at unspun in a single quarter
- PMP-certified project manager
- RYT-200 registered yoga teacher
- Events Chair of Project Open Hand's Young Professionals Council (2014-2017)

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — unspun closes $32M Series B (Patricia is Chief of Staff during the raise)
- **2024-03** — unspun and Walmart announce a 3D weaving pilot

## Links

- Website: https://unspun.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricialai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/unspun_io

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Last updated: 2026-07-09