Robert “rip” B. Gerber

Biography

  Rip Gerber has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 2012. Since January 2015, Mr. Gerber has served as an executive at Vlocity, Inc., a software company, including as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Alliances since June 2015. From July 2009 to January 2015, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Locaid Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications software company. From June 2006 to June 2009, Mr. Gerber served as a member of the advisory board of SignalDemand Inc., a private firm focused on producing margin optimization software. From May 2004 to May 2006, Mr. Gerber served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Intellisync Corporation, a public company and provider of data synchronization software to consumer mobile devices. Prior to that role, he served as Senior Vice President at Carlson Companies, Inc., one of the largest family-held corporations in the United States. Mr. Gerber was also on the founding executive team of Commtouch Software, Inc., where, as Chief Marketing Officer, he was a lead executive in taking the Company public in 1999. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gerber was a consultant for Deloitte & Touche LLP, a public accounting firm. Mr. Gerber serves on the Board of Directors of LocationSmart, a privately-held location software company. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Research Interest

  microbiology