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Hector Ouilhet

HEAD OF HUMAN CENTERED INNOVATION AND STRATEGY, GOOGLE

San Francisco

Hector creates a new Bauhaus in the big tech industry.

Hector is Google’s Head of Human Centered Innovation and Strategy. Born and raised in Mexico City, he spent his teen years in South Korea, before returning to Mexico to study fine arts, sculpture, and computer engineering, and later interaction design in Italy. 

Since 2008, he has worked at the intersection of design, communication, and technology. Between obtaining his degrees he took on real jobs doing interface design for HP, among others. Next, he joined the MIT Mobile Experience Lab and then Google, where he has worked on multiple products (Android, Android TV, Sky Map, Docs, Maps) and led teams on multiple continents. He presently leads Design for all Google Search and Assist-related products.

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