Josh Highland Giese

Josh Highland Giese has a long and varied work experience, beginning in 1999 with eKnowledge Corp as a Lead Developer. In 2002, they worked for Esri as an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Product Owner, Manager, Team Lead, and Senior Web Application Developer/Lead Developer. That same year, they also founded notPopular, LLC and was a founding member of xDEATHSTARx. In 2008, they began working for TechZulu as a Correspondent and founded Hold Fast Products. Finally, in 2010, they founded venntov and serves as Founder/CEO, CTO, and Lead Engineer.

Josh Highland Giese obtained a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside between 1997 and 2002. In 2011, they were certified as a Shopify Expert by Shopify. In 2016, they obtained a Certified Scrum Product Owner certification from the Scrum Alliance.