Hugo Barra

Hugo Barra is Vice President of Virtual Reality at Facebook where he leads the Oculus team. Until 2017, Hugo has been vice president of Xiomi Global, a user-centric mobile company to meet expectations through innovations in software, hardware and Internet services. Previously, he was Google Product Manager since March 2008 and is based in the London office, where most of Google’s mobile products are developed.

The company was founded by Lei Jun and seven entrepreneurs, Xiaomi started in 2010 and launched MIUI, a deeply optimized Android-based operating system. We now offer a variety of products and services mainly through our e-commerce websites, including MI4, MI3, RedMI, RedMI Note, MI2, MI Box, MI TV, MI charger, Mi Band and other accessories. With many innovations, Xiaomi is striving to reinvent the mobile internet business in China. Prior to Google, he was the Business Director of Nuance Communications, where he was the co-founder of the global business unit for mobile voice search and voice messaging software products: Nuance Mobile. During his nearly 5 year tenure at Nuance, he has assumed various responsibilities including product management, product marketing, and business development and has launched a large number of speech recognition products that positioned Nuance as the largest mobile software provider in the world. global level.

Previously, Hugo was a co-founder of LOBBY7, a Boston mobile software company that exited the MIT Media Lab and supported by Softbank, which was subsequently acquired by Nuance Communications in 2003. Hugo also did summer internships at McKinsey & Company, Merrill Lynch, Netscape Communications, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Hugo is originally from Brazil, has a Bachelor of Science (2000) and a Master of Engineering with a specialty in Electrical and Computer Engineering from MIT (2002). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from MIT’s Sloan School of Management (2000). He worked as a research assistant at the Media Lab and MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab from 1996 to 2000, and was Class President from 1999 to 2000.