Analog Devices, Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Yoky Matsuoka as an independent director and member of the Board’s Corporate Development Committee, effective January 20, 2026. Her appointment expands the Board to 11 members.
Dr. Matsuoka is an executive officer of Panasonic Holdings, where she leads global innovation and new business. Her prior leadership roles include Vice President in Google’s healthcare organization, Chief Technology Officer at Google/Nest, co-founder and head of innovation at Google X, and a senior executive position at Apple. She also served as CEO of Quanttus, a wearable health technology startup.
“Yoky is an exceptional technologist and business leader whose experience integrating hardware, software and AI to deliver meaningful human outcomes aligns directly with ADI’s mission,” said Vincent Roche, ADI’s CEO and Chair. “Her focus on building sustainable, efficient and human-centric systems will help guide ADI as we scale our solutions across the physical and digital worlds.”
Before her Silicon Valley tenure, Dr. Matsuoka was an endowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington, specializing in AI, robotics and neuroscience. She founded and directed the NSF ERC Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and the Neurobotics Laboratory, advancing devices that restore human sensation and movement. A recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Award, she used the grant to establish the YokyWorks Foundation, supporting children with physical and learning challenges.
Dr. Matsuoka holds a Ph.D. and S.M. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, all in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She was featured on Forbes’ 50 Over 50: Innovation list and Inc.’s Top Female Founders list in 2023.
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