Mina Hsiang

Hsiang received a Bachelors of Science and Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MBA from the Harvard Business School.[7][8]

Hsiang's experience ranges across startups, venture capital, consulting and government. In her early career, Hsiang worked on healthcare projects in rural Malawi for the Clinton Foundation, and as an engineering with DEKA R&D in the prosthetics program. She helped start two companies in her role at General Catalyst Partners. She also served as the Vice President of Market Strategy for Optum Analytics. After Optum, she joined government as a member of the Healthcare.gov rescue, and later a tech lead for the Precision Medicine Initiative, and founding Executive Director of the Digital Service at Health and Human Services. Hsiang left government to help build Devoted Health as the Vice President of New Market Development. In 2021, she was named the third administrator of the United States Digital Service. [9][10] Hsiang is the first woman and first Asian-American to be the administrator of USDS. [11]

Hsiang received a waiver that allowed her to hold on to her stock portfolio while serving in her leadership role in government. In 2022, the Project on Government Oversight raised questions about the propriety of her stock holdings. Hsiang's stake in Rebellion Defense, an artificial intelligence defense company, was initially valued between $15,000 and $50,000 but was worth between $500,000 and $1 million when she sold it after being tapped for her government role. The company received a government contract while she was in office. [12]