Education Design Lab
- Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes (He/Him/His)
President + CEO at Education Design Lab
Bill joined the Lab as President in October 2021 and assumed the role of CEO in August 2022. He brings skills in strategy, technology, innovation, product development and general management to his role.
Prior to the Lab, Bill founded and led JobReady (acquired by LearningMate), a skills-as-a-service venture that transformed corporate learning courseware and assessments into micro-credentials and career navigation delivered through colleges and workforce programs.
Previously, Bill was Chief Strategy Officer at Learning Objects (acquired by Cengage) and led Business Development at Pearson, where he co-founded Intellus Learning (acquired by Macmillan) and created its flagship MyLabs platform. Over the past 25 years, he has held leadership positions at Sapient, Mercer (now Oliver Wyman), and Cambridge Incubator (now CIC). Bill currently serves as a board member of Berkshire Bank (NYSE: BHLB) and a trustee of the Education Development Center.
Bill holds an AB from Harvard and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School, where he was a Seley Scholar.
Org chart
Work style
How I prefer to work
Remote
Morning
Mostly in a team
Qualities I value in my colleagues
- Integrity
- reliability
- curiosity
- self-motivation
I like good teammates: people with whom I connect on a mission, and who have the persistence and humility to pursue it together.
My communication style
- Open
- casual
- curious
- thoughtful
- genuine
My pet peeves
- Unreliability
- disrespectfulness
- politics
- close-mindedness
- gossip
Fun fact
Last year, I bought a bike, and I rode it 1500 miles. This year I'm aiming for 3000.
Personal Q&A
How do you like to run meetings?
Agree upon goals (e.g., agenda) up front. Give everyone a chance to check in. Work through the agenda, balancing flexibility with focus. Walk away with clear next steps and owners.
Timeline
President + CEO
August 1, 2022 - present
President