Josh Bob

Experience

Head of Product 2018 - 2019 (10 months)

Led all product, operations, and HR strategy and execution for a profitable edTech startup. Hired, trained, managed, and mentored a team of product managers and designers,... more

Tripadvisor

Product Manager 2014 - 2018 (almost 4 years)

Grew and retained transactional e-commerce (B2C) and subscription (B2B) business through owning multiple products and features. Taught myself SQL (including Postgres), Tableau,... more

Textaurant

Founder, Founder & CEO 2009 - 2013 (about 4 years)

Founded restaurant technology startup and took it from concept to acquisition by a competitor. * Managed complete product lifecycle, from customer development to user stories... more

Founder

TurnStar, Textaurant

Employee

Tripadvisor, Experian Data Quality, Interactions, StyleSeat, VUI, Noodle

Education

About

Achievements

* Launched new product for profitable edTech on-time and under budget.
* Led instant booking product development for all tours and activities
* Led product creation for SMB group sales enablement tools of TripAdvisor instant booking product
* Launched Textaurant (TurnStar) - ran all product, sales, operations, partnerships for 4 years before selling in early 2013.
* Created Experian Data Quality product innovation team
* Certified Scrum Product Owner

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Sales and Marketing Business Development Networking Business Operations Acct Mgmt Product Management Leadership Management People Management Public Relations Sales SCRUM Technical Sales Training Technical Innovation Innovation Entrepreneurship Communication Skills Certified Scrum Product Owner Data Quality Inventory Jira Quality Quality Assurance

Locations

Providence Massachusetts Rhode Island

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

"Predictably Irrational," by Dan Arielly

What's your favorite non-business book?

"American Gods," by Neil Gaiman

If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

Owning a Major League Baseball team

Josh Bob (He/Him)

Empathetic customer success leader / former PM. BigCo (@Tripadvisor / @Experian) and startup experience (founded & sold @TurnStar). @Babson College (MBA).