Joe Gerber

Joe Gerber, Managing Director at IDEO CoLab

Joe Gerber is the Managing Director of IDEO CoLab Ventures, a division of the design and innovation company IDEO.12345 He has held this position since January 2016.1

Prior to his current role, Gerber served as the Director of IDEO Futures from January 2009 to April 2016.1 He has also held teaching positions at the School of Visual Arts and NYU Wagner.1

Gerber's background includes experience in product management at Fidelity Investments and research roles at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Miravant Pharmaceuticals.1 He holds a BS in Biology from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.1

As Managing Director, Gerber leads a team of "multi-hyphenate designers and investors" at IDEO CoLab Ventures who work to build, design, and invest in emerging technologies.3 The firm provides funding and embedded design teams to help startups achieve product-market fit faster.3