Grindr appoints Zac Katz as general counsel, head of global affairs

Grindr announced the additions of three senior executives: Zac Katz as General Counsel and Head of Global Affairs, Tristan Pineiro as Vice President of Brand and Communications, and Solmaz Shariat Torbaghan as Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Katz, who will lead the legal and global affairs team, reporting to CEO George Arison, brings more than two decades of experience leading high-performing teams at the intersection of law, technology, and government. He was most recently Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer at Age of Learning. Pineiro joins Grindr with over 20 years of experience in brand building and communications, previously leading global teams in both the U.K. and U.S. at mobile gaming company King. Shariat Torbaghan is a computer scientist. She has spent the last decade building cutting-edge AI models ranging from recommender systems to co-pilots across various industries, most recently as Director of Advanced AI at Varian building steerable generative AI in the medical field.