Gavin McDermott

Gavin McDermott is a professional currently employed at IDEO CoLab, where he focuses on distributed systems, dispersed computing, and peer-to-peer networks. His work involves building critical infrastructure and applications for the internet.

Prior to his current role, Gavin was a founding engineer at BitGo, a reputable bitcoin security firm, and held the position of front-end lead at Lovely. Beyond his professional endeavors, he delves into explorations of consciousness, truth, symbology, and various concepts related to human expression, idea representation, and communication.

Gavin's educational background includes studies at Hack Reactor and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Creighton University.

Throughout his career, Gavin McDermott has been associated with several organizations, including IDEO CoLab Ventures as an investor, IDEO as part of the Engineering and Research team, BitGo, Inc. as a Founding Engineer, Lovely handling Javascript Engineering and UX Design, BrightMonk Innovation where he conducted workshops in India, Narrable as the Head of Product, TiE Arizona as the Executive Director, and held various roles such as Product Designer, Experience Designer, Co-Founder, and Head of Product at different companies.