Dennis Tseng

About Dennis Tseng

Dennis grew up in San Jose, California, the child of immigrants from Guangzhou, China, via Hong Kong. His parents met at San Jose State, where his father was studying to become a librarian, and his mom a nurse.

Dennis always wanted to be a storyteller, helping to make sense of the world through the power of narrative. When his parents actively encouraged him to follow his dreams, he left Silicon Valley to study acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Upon graduation, he found himself trying to break into a showbiz scene that was particularly uninterested in casting or telling stories about people who looked like him, (Asian-American). Frustrated by the lack of opportunity, Dennis set out to found his own theater company where he served as the Executive Director, writing, directing, and producing 10 full-length productions over 5 years.

This desire for agency and impact led him back to business school at the Yale School of Management, (where he earned the Soros Fellowship). After earning his MBA, he worked in consulting, organizational design, and culture, eventually leading to his current role at Google, where he works to ensure that all Googlers can succeed and thrive. Outside of work, Dennis writes essays for publications including the Huffington Post and Visible Magazine, and sings baritone in the Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus, but mostly spends his time in a chaotic, multi-generational household in Raleigh, NC, with his husband, his mom, his twin 5-year-olds, and two white cats named Becky and Darlene.