
Neha Parikh has served on our Board since April 2019. Ms. Parikh is a global technology leader who most recently served as CEO of Waze Mobile, Ltd., a navigation map application company and a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., a role she held from June 2021 to July 2023. Prior to Waze, from August 2017 to November 2019, Ms. Parikh was the President of Hotwire, Inc., a travel company and a subsidiary of Expedia Group, Inc. She started with Expedia Group in 2008 with Hotels.com, L.P., where she amassed experience in roles across the business, including product development, marketing, pricing, and strategy. Prior to her role with Hotwire, she was the Senior Vice President of Global Brands and Retail for Hotels.com, driving marketing activities, overseeing the global P&L and operations, and leading merchandising, business development, and partnerships globally. Before joining Hotels.com, Ms. Parikh worked in consumer insight and demand strategy consulting with The Cambridge Group where she led projects across a variety of retailers, and at Dade Behring, Inc. (a Siemens healthcare company), where she held progressive levels of responsibility in marketing and product development. Ms. Parikh previously served on the board of directors of Tailwind Acquisition Corp. Ms. Parikh holds a bachelors of business degree from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. The Board believes that Ms. Parikh will continue to be a valuable member of our Board because of her extensive senior management experience in the online retail vertical.