About
Josh Hoffman is a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. His work focuses on building and growing companies that address climate change, either by slowing its pace or creating resilience to a changing environment. He also serves as an investor, advisor, and board member.
Founder at Zymergen
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Zymergen's investors · 12
AME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checksBaillie GiffordEdinburghCota CapitalSan FranciscoDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksDFJSan MateoHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyKindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksMission BiocapitalSan Francisco · $500K checksObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checksPrelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksSoftBank GroupTokyoTrue VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks
Co-founders at Zymergen
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Erik (Jed) DeanExecutive Officer
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Joshua HoffmanExecutive Officer, Director
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Zachariah SerberExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Impart Security Inc.Chief Product Officer and Co-Foundercurrent2021 — present
- FastlyDirector of Product Management - Security2020 — 2021
- Signal SciencesSenior Director of Product Management and Growth2018 — 2020Culver City, CA
- Verizon Digital Media ServicesDirector of Product Management2017 — 2018Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Verizon Digital Media ServicesPrincipal Product Manager2014 — 2017
- Verizon Enterprise SolutionsSenior Product Manager, Secure Networking2012 — 2014
- VerizonManager - Content Strategy and Planning2011 — 2012
- VerizonSenior Product Manager - Content Distribution2010 — 2011
- VerizonProduct Manager - FiOS TV2007 — 2010
- VerizonNetwork Engineer2004 — 2007
- Apache-MicroProduct Development Engineer2003
Skills & more
Strategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyStrategyDigital MediaAnalysisTelecommunicationsProduct ManagementVideo ServicesBusiness DevelopmentInternational DevelopmentBusiness PlanningLeadership
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AdvertisingVendor ManagementIPProject PlanningProject ManagementMobile DevicesIntegrationAnalyticsProduct Development- Kibana Data Analyst — Elastic
- SAFe 4 Practitioner Certification — SAFe by Scaled Agile, Inc.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) — Scrum Alliance
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Hoffman?
- Josh Hoffman is a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. His work focuses on building and growing companies that address climate change, either by slowing its pace or creating resilience to a changing environment. He also serves as an investor, advisor, and board member.
- Where does Josh Hoffman work?
- Josh Hoffman is Founder of Zymergen.
- What companies did Josh Hoffman found?
- Josh Hoffman founded Zymergen.
- Where did Josh Hoffman go to school?
- Josh Hoffman studied at NYU Stern School of Business (MBA); UCLA (BS, Computer Science and Engineering); Stevens Institute of Technology (M.S., Telecommunications Management).
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Also attended NYU Stern School of Business632
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Shared employers
Also worked at Impart Security Inc.5
Also worked at Fastly18
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Also worked at Signal Sciences9
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