LingoAce Appoints Chief Product Officer to Advance Online K-12 Language Learning Offerings and Capabilities

LingoAce is excited to welcome Zhibo Sun as the company’s first-ever Chief Product Officer. Bringing years of consumer tech experience, he will drive strategic product vision and execution as the company continues to expand globally. In his role, he will lead LingoAce’s product teams across the U.S., Southeast Asia and China to advance the virtual learning experience and explore new academic offerings that can open more future opportunities for young learners. 

“Learning languages has opened many new doors throughout my life, making it possible for me to live, study and work in Singapore, the U.S. and Germany. It is my hope that my son and future generations have just as many opportunities,” shares Zhibo. “I am thrilled to have joined LingoAce as I’m very passionate about leveraging new technology to make learning even more immersive, engaging and fun.” 

Throughout his product management career, Zhibo has strived to build beloved products – which starts with understanding deeply what customers want and need. He does this by leading with empathy and is known to have made the extra effort to bridge communication gaps. For instance, in his previous role, he took weekend classes to learn Bahasa Indonesia (the primary language spoken in Indonesia) in order to speak directly with customers and understand their culture better.  

Zhibo joins LingoAce from Grab, one of the biggest tech companies in Southeast Asia, where he oversaw the Grab super-app’s most critical product portfolios, from ride hailing to food delivery and grocery shopping. As a long-time executive at the company, he managed product teams comprised of more than 40 product managers and led tech teams made up of more than 500 engineers, designers and data scientists. Prior to Grab, Zhibo led the entire product team at Sea Group, and developed multiple flagship products in gaming, social networking and fintech. He received his master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his dual bachelor’s degrees from the National University of Singapore.