Joe Gerber
Managing Director at IDEO CoLab
Oakland, California
Overview
Joe Gerber is currently the Managing Director at IDEO CoLab Ventures in Oakland, California, with a background in user-centered design, entrepreneurship, and strategy. Notable highlights include leading investments in companies like Karma3 Labs and Optimism, and holding previous roles as Director at IDEO Futures and Sr. Product Manager at Fidelity Investments.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2016 - Current
IDEO CoLab Ventures is invest in early-stage distributed web startups and co-create with them to ship new products and protocols.
Director, IDEO Futures
2009 - 2016
Professor
2012 - 2013
Teaching "Making the Case" in the Design + Entrepreneur MFA program
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy
2011 - 2012
Teaching "Design Thinking" at NYU Wagner
Sr. Product Manager, Online Strategy
2007 - 2008
Fidelity is a privately-owned investment manager focusing on a diverse set of customers.
Raised $152,825,000.00.
Sr. Research Associate
2002 - 2005
Asst. Scientist
2000 - 2002