Joe Vernachio

Joe Vernachio is the COO at Allbirds. Joe was previously the President at Mountain Hardwear from April 2017 to May 2021. Prior to that, they served as the Vice President - Global Product + Operations at The North Face from July 2012 to March 2017. Vernachio began their career in 1989 as a Product Manager at Patagonia and then held various positions at Nike from January 1989 to December 2000, including Catagory Business Director. In 2005, they became the Chief Operating Officer at Spyder Active Sports and then took on the role of Vice President of Product at Roots Canada Ltd. from January 2002 to December 2005.

Joe Vernachio's educational career began with a degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Joe then pursued a degree in forest Sciences and Biology from Paul Smith's College.

Some of their coworkers include Jad Finck - VP, Innovation & Sustainability, Sandeep Verma - Chief Commercial Officer, and Dinesh Gaur - Head of Analytics. Their manager is Tim Brown, Co-CEO & Co-Founder. Some direct reports include Ahmad Zakaria - VP, Operations, Kimberley Yaeger - Head of Global Visual Merchandising, and Travis Boyce - Head of Global Retail Operations.