Company Info for hashable.com | IcebreakerMembers
As a hands-on Principal Product Manager with 15+ years of experience, I excel in designing and shipping successful B2C and B2B product experiences. My background in engineering and computer science, combined with my deep expertise in user experience design, has enabled me to build products from 0 to 1 in 3 domains and work across 8 different industries.
I'm a player-coach who has tackled a wide variety of user pain points and product categories, including marketplaces, social networking, professional networking, productivity, and healthcare. My track record includes building multiple mobile consumer products with 30%+ retention and a significant health platform with a large user base and meaningful health outcomes.
I have a deep expertise in product discovery, using efficient processes to help companies reach product-market fit and accomplish their business goals.
Specialities: Product Management, Product strategy, product discovery, outcomes-driven roadmaps, consumer driven app experiences, healthtech, digital health and healthcare technologies 
Joe is an entrepreneur and angel investor in New York City and a Co-Founder and Partner at Ambush Capital, an early-stage investment fund.
Joe was previously the CEO and co-founder of Bison Trails (acquired by NASDAQ:COIN), a leading Staking and Blockchain Infrastructure company, which became Coinbase Cloud. Joe was a Senior Director on the leadership team at Coinbase and was the head of Coinbase Cloud, which comprised of developer products, APIs, and tools at Coinbase.
Prior to that, Joe was on the leadership team at Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY), where he was the Business Head for Etsy's Innovation Group. He managed product strategy and development of new businesses for Etsy. Joe's team was responsible for new ventures such as Pattern, Etsy's website building suite service & Fund on Etsy, crowdfunding for Etsy sellers .
Prior to Etsy, Joe was the co-founder of Grand St. an online marketplace for creative technology, acquired by Etsy in 2014, where he lead engineering, product, and strategy. he has a keen eye for product, design, and user experience. With a focus on team culture, business growth, and tech architecture he assembles great teams and builds beautiful product.
Joe holds a dual BS from RPI concentrating in Electrical Computer Systems Engineering and Economics and lives in Brooklyn with his family and dog. 
Veteran financial executive with 25 years of experience managing fast-growing technology companies, including Quigo Technologies, Inc., a creator of auction-based advertising marketplaces, which was acquired by Time Warner’s AOL unit (NYSE: TWX) in December 2007 and Juno Online Services, Inc., one of the nation’s leading Internet Service Providers, which IPO'd in 1999 and then merged with Netzero, Inc. in 2001 to form United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD). Earlier experience includes controllership positions with business-to-business software companies, Datalogix International, Inc. and J.D. Edwards & Co., Inc. Career founded with seven years at Coopers & Lybrand. Summa cum laude graduate from Pace University’s accelerated MBA/BBA program in public accounting.
Specialties: Venture-backed Companies, Fundraising, IPO, M&A 
