Troy Williams

Troy Williams is a Managing Director of UV. Prior to UV, Troy was a senior executive at Macmillan where he was CEO of Macmillan Enterprise Solutions and President of Macmillan New Ventures, managing an edtech portfolio of seven companies with a focus on data and analytics, university systems and student performance and outcomes. Troy founded and for nine years was CEO of Questia Media, an early ebook company ultimately sold to Cengage Learning.

At UV, Troy leads the firm's investments in education technology with a particular focus on software and systems for universities generally. He leads the firm’s investments in AdmitHub, EverTrue, Examity, Motimatic, Oohlala Mobile and Packback. Troy received his bachelor's degree in History, Phi Beta Kappa, from Rice University, and his law degree from the Harvard Law School where he was a member of Harvard Law Review. He is on the Advisory Board of Rice University's School of Humanities.