Gaming Industry Visionary Bonnie Ross Joins Duolingo Board of Directors
Gaming Industry Visionary Bonnie Ross Joins Duolingo Board of Directors
"A core principle at Duolingo is 'make it fun', because learning shouldn't be boring," said Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of Duolingo. "Bonnie has deep experience in creating fun and innovative gaming experiences and building iconic global franchises. I couldn't be happier to welcome her to our board."
Bonnie Ross
博妮·羅斯
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duolingo, Inc. (Nasdaq: DUOL), the world's leading mobile learning platform, announced today that it has appointed Bonnie Ross as an independent board member.
匹茲堡，2024年12月9日（全球新聞）-- 多鄰國公司（納斯達克：DUOL），全球領先的移動學習平台，今天宣佈已任命博妮·羅斯爲獨立董事會成員。
Ms. Ross is a pioneering visionary with 30 years of experience working in the gaming industry. Most recently, she served as Corporate Vice President for Microsoft and Head of the Halo franchise. In her leadership role, she was instrumental in advancing the Halo franchise, leveraging a dedicated and talented team to incorporate cutting-edge technology and storytelling. She led the expansion of Halo's reach into transmedia, contributing to its evolution into a global phenomenon with over $6 billion in consumer spend, spanning games, live-action series, novels, and consumer products.
羅斯女士是一位具有30年ARVR遊戲行業經驗的開創性遠見者。最近，她擔任微軟的公司副總裁和光環系列的負責人。在她的領導角色中，她在推動光環系列的發展中發揮了重要作用，利用一支專注且才華橫溢的團隊，融入尖端科技和敘事。她領導了光環的跨媒體擴展，爲其演變成全球現象做出了貢獻，消費者支出超過60億，涵蓋遊戲、真人系列、小說和消費產品。
"A core principle at Duolingo is 'make it fun', because learning shouldn't be boring," said Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of Duolingo. "Bonnie has deep experience in creating fun and innovative gaming experiences and building iconic global franchises. I couldn't be happier to welcome her to our board."
「多鄰國的核心原則是『讓學習變得有趣』，因爲學習不應該是無聊的，」多鄰國的首席執行官兼聯合創始人路易斯·馮·阿恩說道。「博妮在創造有趣和創新的ARVR遊戲體驗以及建立標誌性全球系列方面具有豐富的經驗。我非常高興能夠歡迎她加入我們的董事會。」
"As an enthusiastic Duolingo user, I'm inspired by the platform's ability to make learning entertaining and engaging. It fosters a competitive and social learning environment and challenges me to keep making daily progress, particularly in my quest to impress Lily," said Ms. Ross. "I'm eager to contribute to Duolingo's mission of making high-quality education fun and available to everyone."
"作爲一個熱衷於Duolingo的用戶，我受到這個平台將學習變得有趣和吸引人的能力的啓發。它培養了一個競爭和社交的學習環境，挑戰我每天都取得進步，特別是在讓我印象深刻Lily的過程中，"羅斯女士表示。"我渴望爲Duolingo的使命做貢獻，讓高質量的教育變得有趣並讓每個人都能享受。"
During her career at Microsoft, Ms. Ross developed or published many top titles, including Zoo Tycoon, Mass Effect and Gears of War. In 2019 she was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame for her contributions to the gaming industry and for her efforts to promote STEM learning and diversity, as a co-founder of the Women in Gaming community. She currently serves on the Dean's Leadership Council for the College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University.
在微軟的職業生涯中，羅斯女士開發或發佈了許多頂級標題，包括《動物園大亨》、《質量效應》和《戰爭機器》。2019年，她因對ARVR遊戲行業的貢獻和作爲"女性遊戲社區"的聯合創始人促進STEm學習和多樣性的努力而被引入AIAS名人堂。她目前在科羅拉多州立大學自然科學學院院長領導委員會任職。
About Duolingo
Duolingo is the leading mobile learning platform globally. Its flagship app has organically become the world's most popular way to learn languages and the top-grossing app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. With technology at the core of everything it does, Duolingo has consistently invested to provide learners a fun, engaging, and effective learning experience while remaining committed to its mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available.
關於Duolingo
Duolingo是全球領先的移動學習平台。其旗艦應用程序自然地成爲了全球最受歡迎的語言學習方式，以及Google Play和蘋果App Store教育類別中的收入最高應用程序。Duolingo將科技作爲其所有活動的核心，始終投資於爲學習者提供有趣、吸引人和有效的學習體驗，同時堅持其使命，開發世界上最好的教育並使其普遍可用。
Contact Information
聯繫信息
Investors:
Deborah Belevan, IRC, CPA
ir@duolingo.com
投資者：
Deborah Belevan, 鐵貨, 註冊會計師
ir@duolingo.com
Media:
Sam Dalsimer
press@duolingo.com
媒體：
Sam Dalsimer
press@duolingo.com
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