Josh Williams

Experience

Gowalla

Founder, Co-creator + CEO 2020 - Present (about 6 years)

Exit

Meta

Product Manager - Pages, Location & Events 2012 - 2013 (over 1 year)

Exit

Gowalla OG

Founder, CEO 2007 - 2011 (over 4 years)

Almanac

Advisor 2019 - Present (about 7 years)

Matter

Advisor

Astro Technology (acquired by Slack)

Advisor

Exit

Breaker

Advisor

Blinksale

Founder, CEO 2005 - 2009 (about 4 years)

Founder

Last, Gowalla OG, Blinksale, Gowalla

Employee

Meta, Josh Williams Design

Advisor

Clara, Bond, Blinksale, Astro Technology (acquired by Slack), Kittyhawk, Wildfire, Breaker, Matter, Almanac

Mentor

LAUNCH

About

Achievements

GOWALLA
Co-founded and led as CEO a groundbreaking location-based mobile social network recognized by SXSW, TIME and Apple for it's revolutionary mobile design and passionate social community.

+ Imagined / Designed Gowalla
+ Apple Editor's Choice
+ Steve Jobs Keynote Feature at WWDC
+ Best Mobile by SXSW 2010
+ Raised $10MM from Greylock, et al.
+ Led M&A process with Facebook

FACEBOOK
Led Product for Facebook's Pages, Location and Events teams. Oversaw growth of Facebook's location products to 250M MAUs while working alongside several talented cross functional teams.

+ Launched Pages for iOS & Android
+ Launched Facebook Nearby
+ Launched Place Recommendations
+ Originated or advised multiple location-related M&A transactions

PERSONAL CLIENTS
+ Squarespace (Logo, Brand, Identity)
+ Causes (Brand, User Experience Design)
+ Samsung (User Experience Design)
+ Microsoft (User Experience Design)
+ Hewlett-Packard (User Experience Design)

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Product Development User Experience Design User Interface Design Brand and Identity Design Mobile Location Based Services Social Media Product Management Design

Locations

Silicon Valley Austin San Francisco

Josh Williams

design, brand, startups, tacos