Joel Rakes

Joel Rakes is a seasoned product marketing professional with extensive experience across various industries, including mental health, background checks, and education technology. Currently, Joel serves as a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Headway, focusing on the provider side of a mental health marketplace. Prior to this role, Joel held positions at Checkr, Inc. as a Staff Product Marketing Manager, and Outschool as the Product Marketing Lead, where Joel developed marketing strategies and built teams from the ground up. Additional experience includes leading product marketing at Asurion and regional brand marketing at Lyft, along with significant contributions to The Lampo Group's marketing efforts. Joel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Management from the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware.