Previously, Josh served as executive director of the Defense Innovation Board, a group of distinguished leaders tasked with bringing the technological and cultural innovations of Silicon Valley to the Department of Defense (DoD). Josh also served as the innovation advisor to the DoD CTO and held various roles in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). Prior to DoD, Josh worked at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Booz Allen Hamilton, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Josh is the founder or co-founder of three non-profits: Globally, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, and the Federal Innovator Network; serves as an advisor or board member to several public-service focused nonprofits; and as an advisor or board member to several national security related start-ups and early stage venture capital investors. He is also a Senior Associate at the CSIS.

Josh is a Gallup-certified executive coach and a design thinking instructor. He is certified in Change Management from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and graduated from Dartmouth College. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children.