Jed Rose

Jed Rose  is an active and internationally recognized improvisational performer and teacher of improv from Seattle.

Career
Rose's training began in 2002 as an undergraduate at Stanford University where he took a course in improv. He earned his B.S. with Honors from Stanford in Symbolic Systems in 2003 and then worked in product management for 6 years at Microsoft, where he was responsible for consumer marketing on Microsoft Windows and also led in the creation of Microsoft's $3 Student Innovation Suite for students in developing countries.

While at Microsoft, Rose studied with Unexpected Productions. After several years of performing and teaching improvisational theatre, his personal views on improv in the business workplace have since been cited by established publications such as The Independent. His approach for teaching improvisational thinking to business professionals has also been covered by such news agences as BBC World Service. He was a former ensemble member of Quiet Monkey Fight and is an active member of Improvised Comedy Ents associated with Cambridge University.

Over his career, Rose has been featured at well-established comedy productions across North America and Europe, including international comedy festivals in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Orlando, and Toronto. Outside of improvisational thinking in the workplace, his specialty interests are digital storytelling, theatrical styles, and physical comedy.