Joshua is the CEO and co-founder of clypd and leads the organization through day-to-day operations, product direction and strategic relationships. Founded in 2012, clypd has raised over $30MM in Venture financing and grown to fifty people in four offices around the world. Joshua is a hands-on leader with extensive experience building companies from the ground up and driving organizations towards success. Having been the co-founder of three start-ups over the last 15 years, Joshua has seen the challenges and rewards of being an entrepreneur from early idea through successful exit. Through the inevitable ups and downs of startup life Joshua has developed a thick skin and an an ability to rapidly respond and adjust based on the challenges of building a business.
Joshua has focused heavily on the culture side of his companies as well. This includes the notion that culture is a living breathing organism that needs to be nurtured and encouraged to thrive but cannot be designed in advance. During Joshua’s career he has been very fortunate to be a part of many great cultures and has built lasting friendships with those he has worked with.
Prior to starting clypd, Joshua was an executive at WHERE, leading the advertising business, which was acquired by PayPal in 2011 where he stayed on to run product and operations for the PayPal Media Network. In addition to his role at clypd, Joshua serves on several boards including both for profit and nonprofit entities. These include ViralGains, Resilient Coders, and TVision Insights. Outside of this, Joshua is an active investor and advisor to many companies in and out of Boston. Joshua considers himself to be theChief-recruiter, Chief-foodie, Chief-talker and a dad of two great kids. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon in Industrial Management with an additional major in Economics.