Josh Petersel
Studied at Harvard Business School
Hiring Manager at Spotify
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Work Experience
Founding Advisor
Forward Share Ventures
March 2026 - Present
Forward Share Network is an operator-led collective of fractional elite entrepreneurial experts and advisors supporting the creation and scale of human-centered, tech-forward companies.
Founder
Designed by Maui
November 2023 - Present
Maui builds VR native productivity software for remote teams. DoodleBoard, available on Quest headsets, is the most performant real time cooperative drawing app on the planet, and it's freemium so you can give it a try. * Innovate pioneering tactics to grow & retain our userbase, lead product strategy * Manage a community of over 12,000 active users * Develop & deploy features in Unity via VSCode with Copilot & Github
Producer
Mutual Friend Productions
November 2023 - Present
Mutual Friend invests in shows and builds software & data to help producers and investors make better decisions * Broker deals & fundraise to invest in shows including Othello (starring Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal) and Every Brilliant Thing (starring Daniel Radcliffe) * Build advanced reporting & projection models using Python & pivot tables to analyze underlying performance trends, forecast future performance, and optimize investment decisions * Developing SaaS software to modernize the entire industry stuck in legacy software precedents
Director
Spotify
April 2016 - Present
Hiring Manager
I led an international team managing Ad Studio, Spotify’s self-serve ad platform which enables advertisers of any size to execute audio & video ad campaigns in minutes. * Sales Management: Drove 50% YoY growth on $100M/yr advertising business. Defined KPIs and strategy. Sold to key customers with $100k-$1M+ annual spend * People Management: Led global team of 3 managers & 8 sellers. Outperformed company NPS benchmarks by +8 points over the latest 5 biannual surveys * Product Management: Directed initiatives to rapidly scale business over 2-5 year periods. Owned KPIs to drive mainstream adoption of Spotify's Self-Service Podcast Advertising Beta in Nov'21. Leveraged Salesforce to build timely & actionable reporting. Worked across all functions to identify, scope, and prioritize business & product opportunities
Education
Harvard Business School
MBA, Business
Washington University in St. Louis
BSBA, Triple Major: Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Finance