# Mark Egerman

> Mark Egerman is a New York product manager and Cover co-founder whose career spans computer science, law, consumer finance policy, and restaurant payments. After Cover’s 2015 acquisition by Velocity, he became its executive vice president of payments; his public professional profile subsequently lists Google Maps product work. He also co-chairs the board of Jewish Currents and co-authored a 2026 essay on New York public services.

- **Role:** Product Manager, Google Maps; Board Co-Chair, Jewish Currents
- **Organizations:** Cover, Velocity, Google, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Petal, Summer, Jewish Currents
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Master’s, Development Studies, University of Cambridge, JD, Harvard Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cover, which was accepted at more than 350 restaurants at its 2015 acquisition., Helped build Cover through $7 million in disclosed seed and Series A funding., Served as bureauwide mobile-payments lead on the CFPB’s Cards and Payments team.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — As a Harvard law student, wrote about computing and society and an ambition to establish a public-interest law firm.
- **Before 2012** — Founding staff member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and bureauwide mobile-payments lead.
- **2012** — Co-founded Cover with Andrew Cove.
- **2013** — Cover launched publicly in New York after private testing.
- **2014** — Cover raised a $5.5 million Series A following a $1.5 million seed round.
- **2015** — Cover expanded into Los Angeles; Velocity acquired the company in September, naming Egerman executive vice president of payments.
- **2016** — Public Wellfound profile dates the start of his Google Maps product-management work to this year.
- **2017** — Named as a Petal adviser in its submission to the CFPB.
- **2019** — LinkedIn dates the beginning of his Jewish Currents co-chair role to this year.
- **2026** — Co-authored an essay with Merici Vinton advocating a public-services role for New York’s Economic Development Corporation.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cover, which was accepted at more than 350 restaurants at its 2015 acquisition.
- Helped build Cover through $7 million in disclosed seed and Series A funding.
- Served as bureauwide mobile-payments lead on the CFPB’s Cards and Payments team.
- Serves as board co-chair of Jewish Currents.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Co-authored “NYC’s Economic Development Corporation Can Build Public Options” with Merici Vinton; his author biography also records service on the Mamdani transition committee for economic development and workforce development.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markegerman
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/megerman
- GitHub: https://github.com/megerman

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Last updated: 2026-10-26