Hugh Williams

Hugh joined MBS from Google, where he was a Vice President and led Google Maps' worldwide product and engineering teams.

He has also held technical executive roles at eBay, Microsoft, Tinder, and Pivotal. Prior to his move to the US, he was the Associate Professor in Information Retrieval at RMIT University and CEO of his own start-up.

He has a PhD in Computer Science from RMIT University, and has published over 120 works including over 33 US patents and two books. He is best known for his work on search engines and for inventing infinite scroll.

Hugh sits on the Board of the State Library Victoria and advises Domain (AUS), Doordash (US), Expert360 (AUS), Moonpig (UK), and Ocado (UK). He is also a Venture Partner at Rampersand and a mentor at Startmate. He is also the co-founder of CS in Schools, a philanthropic venture that helps teachers teach coding in secondary schools.

Education

• PhD RMIT University (1995 — 1997)
• Bachelor of Applied Science (with first class honours) RMIT University (1988 — 1990)

Companies

• Advisor Adevinta (2021)
• Senior Advisor Permira (2021)
• Venture Partner rampersand (2019)
• Board Member State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (2019)
• Advisor Ocado Technology (2018)
• Advisor Domain (2018)
• CEO and Co-founder CS in Schools (2018)
• Professor Melbourne Business School (2017)
• Professor RMIT University (2017)