Veteran Tech Exec Sissie Hsiao joins Bumble Inc. Board of Directors
October 02 2023 - 3:10PM
Business Wire
Bumble Inc. (NASDAQ: BMBL) today announced that Sissie Hsiao,
Vice President and General Manager for Google Assistant and Bard,
has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Hsiao
brings decades of experience with Google and Microsoft, leading
innovative and diverse teams around the world and developing
cutting edge technologies and products.
In her current role at Google, Ms. Hsiao is the Vice President
and General Manager of Google Assistant and Bard (since April
2021), leading many of Google’s advancements applying AI, natural
language, and speech technologies to consumer products. Prior to
this role, she was responsible as Vice President and General
Manager for Google’s Display, Video, and App Advertising businesses
(2012-2021). She also led product development of Google Analytics
and Google Slides (2006-2012). Ms. Hsiao’s career started at
Microsoft, where she was responsible for graphics technologies
within the Microsoft Office suite (2000-2006).
“Sissie is one of tech’s true visionary leaders whose impact has
been both transformative and inspiring to me and many others," said
Whitney Wolfe Herd, Founder and CEO of Bumble Inc. “We firmly
believe the future of love, friendship and Kind Connections will be
anchored in technological innovation and the addition of Sissie’s
expertise and leadership, and our ongoing investment in new and
emerging technologies, will enable us to serve our customers and
expand our brands in new and exciting ways.”
“What Whitney and Bumble have built in less than a decade is
remarkable and the mission to harness technology to build for women
first is one that resonates with me in a powerful way,” added Ms.
Hsiao. “I’m honored to join an already esteemed Board of Directors
and partner with Whitney and Bumble.”
Ms. Hsiao currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and
holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC
Berkeley.
About Bumble Inc.
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Bumble for Friends,
Badoo, Fruitz and Official. The Bumble platform enables people to
build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind
Connections. Founded by CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was
one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and
connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble For
Friends) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which
was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile
dating products. Fruitz, founded in 2017, encourages open and
honest communication of dating intentions through playful fruit
metaphors. Official is an app for couples that promotes open and
honest communication between partners and was founded in 2020.
For more information about Bumble, please visit www.bumble.com
and follow @Bumble on social platforms.
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