06/25/2021
Excited to share the story of our Founder and CEO, Yoky Matsuoka.
Prior to Yo Labs, Matsuoka brought her distinct approach to human-centric design to leading Tech Giants. Most recently as a Vice President at Google's Healthcare organization, and before that as Chief Technology Officer at Google Nest. Prior to Nest, she was head of innovation and co-founder of Google X, the company’s 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
Before her work in Silicon Valley, Matsuoka’s career began in academia as an endowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington. During her tenure, she founded and directed the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and the Neurobotics Laboratory to create devices to restore the human body's capabilities for sensation and movement. Matsuoka received the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant for her work in robotics and neuroscience. With this grant, she founded YokyWorks Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children with physical and learning challenges, focused on removing reading barriers to unlock the potential of every child.
Matsuoka received her Ph.D. and S.M. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and B.S. at UC Berkeley, all in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, TechCrunch, and Wired. She currently resides in the Bay area with her husband, four children, dog, and pet pig.
Yo Labs is an independently led subsidiary of Panasonic focused on building consumer technology products and services to enhance well-being for women & families. We're still in stealth now, but you can sign up for updates at www.yolabs.com.
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https://yokymatsuoka.medium.com/my-next-chapter-1433f1e4b40
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