Joe Hurd

Joe Hurd (born August 25, 1969) is an American technology executive, public company board member and public servant. Currently, he is an Operating Partner at SOSV, a $1.5B early-stage venture fund, where he leads strategy and business development efforts for the fund's life sciences, deep tech hardware and mobile portfolio companies, and a Venture Partner for Good Growth Capital, a female-led venture capital fund. Hurd sits on the board of three companies based in the UK: Lloyd's of London, Hays plc and Trustpilot Group plc. He is also an Advisor to SilverBox Capital. Currently, Hurd is a Trustee of the Computer History Museum and on the Executive Committee of the Harvard College Fund. Hurd advises numerous innovative Silicon Valley–based pre-seed and seed stage start-ups on go-to-market strategy, revenue models, and international expansion through his advisory firm, The Katama Group, LLC, with a particular emphasis on diverse founders.

From 2009 to 2012, Hurd served as a political appointee in the United States Department of Commerce during the first term of President Barack Obama. Previously, Hurd was an executive at Facebook, Inc., and was part of the founding management teams at Friendster, Inc. and VideoEgg, Inc. (now SAY Media, Inc.). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (Membership Committee), the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Private Directors Association and the Trilateral Commission. Previous non-profit director roles held are Menlo College (1 term as a Trustee, 2020-2024), the American Swiss Foundation (2011-2023), and Bullis Charter School (2013-2020). Hurd lives in Los Altos, California. Provided by Wikipedia