Summary
Richard Hull is a Principal Scientist and seasoned technology leader with 15+ years driving research and productization at the intersection of data, knowledge and business, from Bell Labs and IBM Research to startups and academia. He pioneered practical knowledge-management and case-based process approaches that informed standards and commercial products, led AI-infused process discovery and decisioning efforts, and holds multiple patents and a deep publication record. Currently focused on agrifood knowledge management and cybersecurity as Principal Scientist at IC-FOODS and as a UC Davis visiting scholar, he also teaches and translates research into real-world farm-to-fork solutions. A co-founder and former CTO, he blends startup pragmatism with heavyweight research credentials (PhD Berkeley) and a lifelong curiosity—outside work he’s a committed Ruby hacker who values food, cycling, and exertion that keeps both mind and body sharp.
15 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Mathematics -- Formal Language Theory, Ph.D., Mathematics -- Formal Language Theory at University of California, Berkeley