Joel is a proven technology entrepreneur and leader with 20+ years of success creating value and driving measurable results at the intersections of sales, business development, product strategy, operations, and customer experience. Before co-founding Sturdy, a next-gen customer experience solution that helps companies improve customer satisfaction, Joel served as the Head of Global Revenue at Beamery, a leading AI-powered talent platform.In 2009, Joel co-founded Newton Software, a B2B SaaS company headquartered in San Francisco that was acquired by Paycor (2016). Newton co-founders bootstrapped and scaled the business to +3000 customers prior to the acquisition with no outside investors. Prior, Joel co-founded Gravity Technologies, Inc., a company that owned and operated businesses in the talent acquisition industry including the first recruitment processing outsourcing company focused on technical talent.Joel is a go-to-market strategy consultant, investor, and advisory board member to emerging AI/ML technology companies.