David Williams is the founder and president of Global Digital Mojo, a digital transformation company; a Distinguished Chair Professor at the School of Construction and Development (Metaverse for Smart City Development focus) at Feng Chia University (Taiwan) and an adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Design and Environment Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (AI and Metaverse focus). He holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and has over 20 years of experience in commercial digital experience and software innovation.

Following senior product design positions with Motorola Mobile, Nuance Communications, and Razorfish, he went to Shanghai to co-found Asentio Design in 2006. Asentio was one of China's first international research-to-design digital product studios. Following 4 years of rapid growth, Asentio was acquired by a US client in 2009.

Sensing an opportunity in the digital communications space, David founded Global Digital MOJO (globaldigitalmojo.com) in Hong Kong. The company redefines digital communication strategies and product experiences; applying machine learning, new media and interactive design to projects and services around the world. MOJO also creates its own SAAS products under the METAXR, COGNIAI and @connect brands. MOJO has studios around the world, including Japan and Mexico.

Driven by boundless curiosity and a multidisciplinary vision, David speaks 5 languages and has lived or worked in over 20 countries. He also has teaching and commercial relationships with 10 universities around Asia and Europe. He sees the harmony of voices from the arts, science, engineering, and business; along with the melding Eastern and Western traditions, as the DNA of successful 21st century businesses.

David holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Loughborough University (UK) and a B.Eng. in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College (UK). 

In PolyU Design, David leads the Applied Design Psychology Stream and Digital Marketing elective of the M.Sc. in Multimedia Entertainment Technology and supervises Capstone projects in the Design Strategies and Innovative Business Design MDes programmes.