Executive & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Head of Software Strategy at Newell Rubbermaid
- Business Advisor, Investor & Author at
- Advisory Board at SignalDemand, Inc
- Past
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- Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager at Nokia
- Managing Director & Group Vice President at Carlson Marketing Group
- 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
- Education
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- Harvard Business School
- University of Virginia
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Rip Gerber’s Summary
Corporate and private company board and executive advisor. Professional thriller writer.
Former public-company executive, entrepreneur, CIA analyst, biochemical engineer providing management advisory services in corprorate turn-arounds, restructurings, brand leadership and operations management to private and public companies.
Rip Gerber’s Specialties:
Strategic directions, M&A, board advisory.
Rip Gerber’s Experience
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Head of Software Strategy
Newell Rubbermaid
(Public Company; NWL; Consumer Goods industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
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Business Advisor, Investor & Author
(Executive Office industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Board and Advisory work for technology, financial and consumer goods companies, including SignalDemand (on-demand price optimization software for manufacturers), Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL), PRG-Schultz (NASDAQ: PRGX) and others.
Technology thriller author: PHARMA, from Random House / Heyne, Launched July 2007. Best-seller in 2007. See www.pharmathriller.de HEARTSTOPPER in bookstores May 2010. -
Advisory Board
SignalDemand, Inc
(Executive Office industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
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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.
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Managing Director & Group Vice President
Carlson Marketing Group
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
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Senior Vice President, Global Co-Head of Hi-Tech
Digitas
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DTAS; Internet industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
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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.
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Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing Officer
Commtouch, Inc.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CTCH; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
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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.
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Senior Director, Card Marketing
American Express
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXP; Financial Services industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years)
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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
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Harvard Business School
MBA , All kinds of stuff
- Activities and Societies:
- HBS Show, cartoonist, weekly wine column.
Slept only through the longest cases.
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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.
