William J. ("Bill") O'Farrell is the CEO and co-founder of Body Labs, a start-up that is tackling the apparel industry’s fit problem with the world’s most advanced technology for analyzing human body size, shape, and motion.
Previously, Bill was co-founder and CEO of such companies as SpeechWorks (NASDAQ:SPWX), acquired by Nuance (NASDAQ:NUAN), OpenAir.com, acquired by Netsuite (NASDAQ:N), and the Company of Science & Art, which created the After Effects product line, acquired by Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE). Bill has been involved as a founder, CEO, advisor, and consultant at numerous companies in the software, clean-tech, biotech and consumer sectors. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his JD from Harvard Law School. Currently, Bill is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.