Biography

Josh is a cofounder of Google’s global startup acceleration program. During his time with Launchpad, Josh led the growth of Launchpad Accelerator into a global program focused in 8 locations. The program partnered closely with 300 of the foremost growth-stage startups across the world.

Additionally, upon seeing the broad-sweeping global need for stronger management and leadership among the world’s top startups, Josh cofounded PeopleLab with Martin Gonzalez in 2015. Since its inception, Josh has facilitated leadership workshops with hundreds of founders in several cities around the world and has mentored many startups on various people and operations topics.

Today, Josh is a Chief of Staff in Google Research.

Prior to joining Google, Josh grew up in Chicago, spent a few years as an outdoor guide in Montana and Alaska, led operations for the largest startup community in Silicon Valley, and co-founded Urban Rivers, an environmentally-focused nonprofit.

Josh studied biology at the University of Illinois and business at the Wharton School. At the moment, Josh lives in Moss Beach, CA where he can usually be found walking his dog, Moses.