Rip Gerber

Current

• SVP & Chief Marketing Officer at SignalDemand
• Author at www.ripgerber.com

Past

• Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager at Nokia
• Managing Director & Group Vice President at Carlson Marketing Group
• Senior Vice President at Carlson Marketing Worldwide

• Senior Vice President at Carlson Marketing
• Senior Vice President, Global Co-Head of Hi-Tech at Digitas
• Founder, President, Director at @once inc.
• Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing Officer at Commtouch, Inc.
• Partner - Senior Manager - Advisor at Deloitte Consulting
• Senior Director, Card Marketing at American Express
• Senior Process Engineer at Firestone Tire & Rubber

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Education

• Harvard Business School
• University of Virginia

Recommended

8 people have recommended Rip

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• PHARMA

Rip Gerber’s Summary

Writer.

Former CIA analyst, biochemical engineer, technology corporate executive and entrepreneur gone wild.

Rip Gerber’s Specialties:

Strategic directions, M&A, board advisory.

Rip Gerber’s Experience

• SVP & Chief Marketing Officer

  SignalDemand

  (Entertainment industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

• Author

  www.ripgerber.com

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  January 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  PHARMA, from Random House / Heyne, Launched July 2007. See www.pharmathriller.de

• Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager

  Nokia

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SYNC; Computer Software industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

  CMO and Business Development Head for Intellisync (SYNC); acquired by Nokia in Feb 2006 for $480M.

• Managing Director & Group Vice President

  Carlson Marketing Group

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years)

• Senior Vice President

  Carlson Marketing Worldwide

  (Entertainment industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year)

• Senior Vice President

  Carlson Marketing

  (Entertainment industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year)

• Senior Vice President, Global Co-Head of Hi-Tech

  Digitas

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DTAS; Internet industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year)

• Founder, President, Director

  @once inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years)

  Started an email marketing company, still going strong in Portland. Call and make an offer above current valuation comps.

• Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing Officer

  Commtouch, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CTCH; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• Partner - Senior Manager - Advisor

  Deloitte Consulting

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  1992 — 1997 (5 years)

  Strategy consultant on really big projects.

• Senior Director, Card Marketing

  American Express

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXP; Financial Services industry)

  1987 — 1990 (3 years)

• Senior Process Engineer

  Firestone Tire & Rubber

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)

  1985 — 1987 (2 years)

  Built a polyester (PET) tire cord plant and managed $40M production line of seat belt fiber in one of the most remote industrial towns of southern Virginia. Lived to tell all about it.

Rip Gerber’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  MBA, All kinds of stuff

  Activities and Societies:

  HBS Show, cartoonist, weekly wine column.
  Slept only through the longest cases.

• University of Virginia

  BS, Chemical Engineering

  Activities and Societies:

  Social chairman for Delta Upsilon, very geeky dresser, published in the Virginia Literary review. Late bloomer.

Additional Information

Rip Gerber’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• PHARMA