姚辉是国际教育科技公司、语言在线学习平台LingoAce的创始人兼首席执行官。LingoAce致力于通过沉浸式体验革新青少儿语言学习方式 ，以中文为起点培养未来的全球公民。姚辉于清华大学取得物理工程学士学位、管理科学与工程硕士学位，在科技领域拥有超过15年的经验，此前曾在IBM、Oracle和Salesforce等公司亚太区担任要职。
姚辉创立LingoAce的初衷是帮助自己的儿子学习中文，他发现大多数传统教学已不能满足现今数字化环境中成长的孩子，希望能以科技之力，为现代青少儿带来更具沉浸感、更愉悦的语言学习体验。迄今为止，已有来自100 多个国家及地区的学员与LingoAce快乐学中文，累计授课超过1000万课时。
LingoAce汇集了课程教研专家、专业认证教师，以及国际水准的多媒体、动画和游戏化技术的研发团队，拥有超过 4,600 名经《国际中文教师证书》认证并接受过跨学科教学培训的教师。
LingoAce总部位于新加坡，在北京、成都、曼谷、雅加达和硅谷设有分公司，并在武汉成立教研中心。作为教育科技领域最具变革性的成长型企业之一，LingoAce于2022年入选LinkedIn Top Startups, GSV EdTech全球150强、于2019年获得新加坡SME100的杰出企业奖。
Hugh Yao is the founder and CEO of the leading online language learning platform, LingoAce. LingoAce strives to reimagine language learning with immersive experiences to nurture confident, future global citizens, starting with Chinese. Hugh received his Master’s degree in Management and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from Tsinghua University. He has over 15 years of experience in the technology sector and was previously in leadership roles with IBM, Oracle and Salesforce across the Asia Pacific region.
Hugh founded LingoAce to help his son learn Chinese. He found most traditional teaching unsuitable for today’s digital youth and aims to instil a passion for learning Chinese in students through innovative technology. To date, he has built a tech-enabled, immersive and interactive language platform that is enjoyed by learners from over 100 countries with 10 million classes taught. Through its proprietary platform, Hugh has brought together curriculum experts, certified teachers, and creators of world-class multimedia, animation and gamification technology.
LingoAce now has a select pool of over 4,600 teachers with international CTCSOL accreditation and trained in interdisciplinary teaching.
LingoAce is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Beijing,Chengdu, Bangkok, Jakarta and San Mateo, California.It also has an educational research centre in Wuhan. To date, LingoAce has received the LinkedIn Top Start-ups 2022, GSV 150 recognition, and the SME100 Award 2019 for Fast Moving Companies. ■
