About Joshua

In grade 11, I suffered a serious injury that caused me to miss a large chunk of grade 11 and 12 in order to rehab.. With this happening, I was given 50% in most of my classes to graduate me where I eventually ended up at a local Canadian college to upgrade my grade 11 and 12 marks. Following this, I decided to take a year and a half off to travel and explore the world before going back into university. I got to go to Australia, New Zealand, Guatemala, El Salvador, and all over the US. Eventually, when I did go to university, I settled at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC where my initial intention was to become an Investment Banker. After some personal discovery, I realized that I would thrive in a role that sat at the intersection of being quantitative while also leveraging my extremely strong people skills and made the pivot to consulting where I landed at Accenture Strategy. Over the course of my time with Accenture Strategy, I have been able to work on a wide variety of projects across industries (energy, retail, PE, telecoms, insurance, not-for-profit and banking) as well as functions (innovation, supply chain, organizational design/operating model, cost reduction, growth strategy, acquisition due diligence and change management). After three years in consulting, I have shifted over to become an operator at a stealth mode startup based in San Francisco operating in healthcare. In my current role, I operate as a GM for new states that we are launching and operating in to go-to-market with speed and precision. Outside of work, I have a wide variety of hobbies. Being outside and moving is important to me so I love golfing, biking. playing pickleball, running, snowboarding as well as playing in a variety of team sports. I also love cooking and trying the new recipes I have learned from my world travels. When I want some down time, you can catch me listening to music (jazz, EDM, classical, country and alternative) while reading a good book. I am currently reading Amp It Up by Frank Slootman