Jake Rudin, MBA
Co-Founder and Advisor at Out of Architecture
Senior Manager, Digital Technologies at Adidas.
Specialty areas:
Start-ups, sportswear
Jake Rudin works as a member of the Adidas Advanced Creation Technologies team - fabricating, designing, digitizing, model making, and exploring all aspects of footwear.
As a designer, he has spent time working around the world for firms including Massimiliano Fuksas Architects, ZGF, and the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (SZiBR). Jake has taught extensively in architecture and design fields at universities including Harvard, Cornell, Northeastern, and Portland State University where he currently teaches Visual Communications in the School of Architecture. He holds a Master in Design Studies (with a concentration in Technology) from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and an MBA.
Jake was previously the Director of Business Development for GatherEducation - a virtual education startup that merges the fields of game design, architecture, education, and technology to create immersive and engaging online experiences for students.
Listen to Jake’s Tangent episode and learn about his career path: