Applied Experimentation Lead · NRG Energy (Fortune 150)

Turn Your Marketing Budget Into Proof It Works.

I'm Atticus Li — I build the systems that convert marketing spend into certainty. $30M+ in verified revenue impact through A/B testing, geo-targeting, and conversion optimization.

$30M+
Revenue impact
9+
Years in growth
500+
Experiments run
12k+
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NRG Energy
Fortune 150
SVB
Silicon Valley Bank
Reliant Energy
Retail Energy
Jobsolv
25K+ Users

Most marketing teams are
flying blind.

Tests run. Results ignored.

Teams run A/B tests, declare a winner at 70% confidence, and ship — then wonder why the revenue lift never materialized. Testing theater.

Spend justified by gut feel.

Leadership asks 'did that campaign work?' The answer is always 'engagement was up.' Nobody asks if it moved revenue. Nobody can answer if it did.

Insights don't compound.

Every test result lives in a Slack thread. The next team runs the same test six months later. The organization never learns faster than it forgets.

"I spent 9 years fixing that. At NRG Energy I built the infrastructure that lets us connect every marketing lever to revenue outcomes — and say with statistical certainty: this is what works, and here's the proof."

— Atticus Li

Six Ways I Move Revenue

Revenue Experimentation

Build testing programs that show up on the P&L

Designing experiments with revenue hypotheses from day one. Every test is connected to a dollar outcome before a single line of code is written.

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Conversion Optimization

Turn existing traffic into more revenue without more spend

Full-funnel CRO from awareness through retention. Behavioral analysis, friction mapping, and systematic lift measurement across every touchpoint.

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Behavioral Science

Use how people actually decide to improve how they buy

Applying decision science — framing, choice architecture, loss aversion, social proof — to real marketing and product decisions.

Growth Analytics

Know what's working, kill what isn't, prove it to the CFO

Building the measurement infrastructure that makes reliable decision-making possible. Attribution, incrementality, and causal inference at scale.

Data Storytelling

Turn experiment results into executive buy-in

Translating statistical significance into budget decisions. The skill most analysts are missing — making leadership act on evidence, not intuition.

Program Building

Take a team from zero tests to a scaled experimentation culture

Hiring, structuring, and operationalizing experimentation programs. Building the culture and processes that make evidence-based decisions the default.

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Lean
Experimentation

A five-step operating system for turning marketing spend into verified revenue. Not a methodology. Not a framework. A repeatable system I've run on 500+ experiments across Fortune 150 companies and bootstrapped products.

01

Observe

Find the real friction, not the assumed one. Heatmaps, session recordings, user interviews — diagnose before prescribing. Most teams skip this step and wonder why their tests don't move the needle.

02

Hypothesize

Tie every test to a revenue outcome before it runs. No hypothesis without a dollar figure attached. If you can't articulate the mechanism from change → behavior → revenue, don't run the test.

03

Test

Ship fast, measure what matters, ignore vanity metrics. Statistical significance or it didn't happen. Power analysis before launch. Sequential testing for speed without sacrificing validity.

04

Prove

Show the P&L impact, not just the test result. The CFO doesn't care about conversion rate — they care about revenue. Translate lift into dollars, annualized, with confidence intervals.

05

Scale

Systematize winners so the team runs it without you. The goal is a program, not a project. Document the learning, codify the pattern, train the team. Every test should make the next one easier.

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Trusted by Growth Leaders

"Atticus built the experimentation muscle our marketing team didn't know we needed. The revenue attribution alone changed how we allocate budget."

Jesse W.
Senior Marketing Director
NRG Energy

"His ability to translate test results into executive narratives is rare. He doesn't just run experiments — he changes how leadership thinks about evidence."

Nabin D.
VP of Growth
NRG Energy

"The geo-holdout framework Atticus designed saved us from a bad $2M media buy decision. One experiment paid for two years of the program."

Chad W.
CMO
Energy Retail

"Atticus is the rare analyst who can walk into a C-suite and make executives care about p-values. He made experimentation the language of our growth strategy."

Dean P.
Chief Revenue Officer
NRG Energy

What Mentees Say

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"Great suggestions, good understanding of personal issues. Loved speaking with Atticus. Good experience."

Amogh Mahadev Kokari
Data Scientist · Con Edison
June 2024

"I had a really effective session with Atticus regarding job searching. He offered me many great insights on how to improve my resume and suggested great resources. I feel more confident after the session."

Yuhan Wang
Graduate Student · University of Washington
April 2023

"I had a very inspiring mentorship with Atticus. He is patient and knowledgeable. His insight and advice have been invaluable in helping me navigate the marketing analytics job market."

Ye (Willa) He
Digital Media Buyer · ReachMobi
March 2023

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