Meet Alumni-in-Residence Joe Hurd '95, who advises tech start-ups through his consulting firm, The Katama Group LLC and is a Director of GoCompare.com and of Edelman, a global marketing, PR and communications firm. Mr. Hurd discussed applying lessons learned at HLS during his extensive career in the technology sector, which includes executive positions at Facebook, Friendster, Gannett, VideoEgg, and AOL, and his work during the Obama administration as Senior Director for Export Promotion and Trade Policy in the US Department of Commerce. While at HLS, Mr. Hurd was on the ILJ, and a member of BLSA and APALSA.