Ned Lipes

Ned Lipes currently serves as a SAGE Advisor at Innosphere Ventures, providing guidance to early-stage startups and entrepreneurs since November 2022. Previously, Lipes worked at Blackrock Neurotech from November 2021 to June 2023 in Strategy & Business Development, where responsibilities included overseeing product and partnership initiatives. Prior experience at Medtronic Brain Therapies included roles as Principal O-arm Product Manager and NSW Territory Manager & Market Development, focusing on product design, commercialization, and sales for neurovascular products from August 2015 to December 2021. Lipes also held positions at IHS Markit as Director of Fixed Income Index Products and completed internships at Citigroup and Medtronic. Educational qualifications include an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a degree in Economics, History, and Finance from Trinity College-Hartford.