HP Appoints New Member to Board of Director

Originally published at HP.

HP Names Yoky Matsuoka to Board of Directors

HP Inc. has recently announced the appointment of Yoky Matsuoka to its Board of Directors. Matsuoka is an accomplished executive and technologist who brings more than two decades of leadership experience to the HP Board. She currently serves as a Vice President at Google’s newly formed health care technology group.

“We are delighted to welcome Yoky to the HP Board of Directors,” said Dion Weisler, President and Chief Executive Officer, HP Inc. “Her pioneering work in fields such as robotics and artificial intelligence has consistently yielded breakthrough innovation across multiple industries. The breadth and diversity of her experience will be a valuable addition to our Board as we continue to execute our strategy for sustainable long-term growth.”

Throughout her career, Matsuoka has held innovation-centric roles in both Silicon Valley and in academia.

Matsuoka joined Google from Alphabet’s Nest business where she served as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this she was head of innovation and co-founder of Google[X], the company’s innovative research and development lab. She has also served in a senior executive role at Apple and was Chief Executive Officer of Quanttus, a wearable health technology startup.

Matsuoka was an endowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington. While at the universities, she founded and directed the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and served as Director of the Neurobotics Laboratory with a focus on developing robotic devices.

Matsuoka holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley, as well as master’s and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She is a MacArthur Fellow and has received the Excellence in Achievement Award from UC Berkeley and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.