Founder of The Katama Group LLC, Joseph K. Hurd currently is Venture Partner at Good Growth Capital Management LLC.

He is also Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. and Member of The Trilateral Commission and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past he held the position of Director-Emerging Business at Meta Platforms, Inc., Vice President-Strategy & Business Development at Gannett Co., Inc., Managing Partner at The Katama Group LLC, Principal at Historic AOL LLC, Vice President-Business Development for Friendster, Inc., Vice President-Business Development at Apptera, Inc., Vice President-Business Development at VideoEgg, Inc. and Vice President-Public Policy at UNOW, Inc.

He received a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York, an undergraduate degree from President & Fellows of Harvard College, a graduate degree from Harvard Law School and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.