From 1996 to 2000, he practiced corporate and securities law in London for Linklaters, the British law firm. While at Linkaters, Hurd qualified as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (1999). In 2000, Hurd joined AOL, Inc. as an Executive Director, AOL International to lead AOL's business development efforts in Japan and Australia. While at AOL's Japanese joint venture, DoCoMo AOL, Hurd negotiated the first deal for AOL to offer its broadband access service outside the United States, and the first deal to distribute AOL Instant Messenger on the popular i-Mode phone network in Japan. He later transferred to AOL|7 Pty, AOL's Australian joint venture, to run business development efforts in Australia and New Zealand. From early 2004 until early 2006, Hurd was part of the initial management team at Friendster, responsible for Friendster's international operations. While at Friendster, Hurd monetized a user base that grew from 3 million to over 20 million through launching products and services that appealed to a Southeast Asian audience, such as online games, classifieds and a mobile SMS service. After leaving Friendster, Hurd joined the founders of VideoEgg, Inc. (now SAY Media, Inc.) in 2006 as the company's first business hire. Hurd grew VideoEgg's business from zero to over $30 million in annual revenue, and built sales teams in England and Australia. During 2008, Hurd worked on the Barack Obama presidential campaign, as part of the foreign policy research staff and helping to set up the voter protection effort in Washoe County, Nevada. In mid-2009, Hurd joined the Obama Administration as a Senior Director, Export Promotion and Trade Policy, working at the Commerce Department. While at Commerce, Hurd was the political lead for the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, where he helped implement the National Export Initiative. He authored the first-ever NEI Report to the President as well as the 2011 National Export Strategy, both of which were delivered to the White House. Hurd also served as a member of the White House Business Council, talking to business leaders nationwide about the importance of export promotion. In 2015, Hurd joined Facebook in Menlo Park, CA to lead the emerging businesses team in the company's Global Marketing Solutions division. Hurd currently leads a team focused on go-to-market operations and strategy for a number of Facebook's new business initiatives. In 2003, Hurd founded a business consultancy, the Katama Group, LLC. He advises startup founders on market entry/business development/financing and strategy issues and invests in early-stage companies.