Managing Partner at Kerr Tech Investments
Austin, Texas, United States
Capital Factory
Entrepreneur in Residence
Austin, Texas
NextGen Angels
Founding Venture Partner
Capital Factory
Partner
Austin, TX
TechStars
Mentor / Investor
Austin, Texas Area
Amazon Web Services
Startup business development
January 2015 to August 2016
Austin, Texas Area
Written.com
Co-Founder & CEO
November 2012 to October 2014
Austin, TX
Macheen Inc (acquired by Good Technology)
Director of Product
August 2011 to October 2012
Austin, Texas Area
Hightail - formerly YouSendIt
Director of Product
January 2011 to August 2011
San Jose, CA
Zosh (acquired by Hightail)
Co-Founder & CEO
January 2008 to January 2011
Austin, Texas Area
Deadabase Digital, Inc. (Astrojams)
Founder & CEO
January 1997 to January 2000
Austin, Texas Area
Compaq Computer Corporation
Software Engineer
January 1997 to December 1999
Houston, Texas Area
Ideal Science, Inc.
Founder & CEO
January 1999 to December 2009
Greater New York City Area
Kerr Tech Investments
Managing Partner
United States
What company does Josh Kerr work for?
Josh Kerr works for Capital Factory
What is Josh Kerr's role at Capital Factory?
Josh Kerr is Entrepreneur in Residence
What industry does Josh Kerr work in?
Josh Kerr works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Josh Kerr's colleagues?
Josh Kerr's colleagues are Sunny Sneckner, Gautam Ankala, Russell Hinds, Kevin Przybocki, Rick Westervelt, Andy Maag, David Walsh, Fred MBE, Hayley Netherton, and Chad Shuford
💼 Past Experience
Josh Kerr's work experiences with Capital Factory and NextGen Angels:Founding Venture Partner at NextGen Angels NextGen Angels was founded in 2013 by Josh Kerr and Capital Factory should provide seed-stage mentorship and investment opportunities to startup companies. They provide weekly mentoring sessions and provide small amount of seed capital.Managing Partner at Capital FactoryCapital Factory is a seed-stage mentorship and investment program for startups that provides a small amount of seed capital, weekly mentoring sessions, and assistance with startup business development.VP of Product at Macheen IncMacheen Inc is anacquired by Good Technology in August 2011 and Josh Kerr served as the product manager, strategy, and advisory roles for a mobile virtual network operator, developing user engagement and detecting chipset flaws.Director of Product at HightailHightail is a mobile products team that was acquired by Good Technology in August 2011 and Josh Kerr led the mobile products team.Founding CEO at Written.comWritten.com was founded in November 2012 by Josh Kerr and Capital Factory was responsible for developing their mobile products.Director of Product at ZoshZosh was founded in January 2008 by Josh Kerr and Capital Factory was responsible for developing the product.
🎓 Education
Josh Kerr's educational background is computer science, graduating from The University of Texas at Austin in 1996. After graduating from university, he worked as a software engineer for a software company before starting his own company in 2003. The company was acquired in 2006.At the time of his acquisition, Kerr was the co-founder and CTO of Junglee, a250 million dollar venture capital funded startup that was focused on building intelligentPinterest desktop applications.Prior to his acquisition, Kerr was also the co-founder of Cloudera, a large data management company.Kerr's work experience in the tech industry has made him uniquely qualified to lead Junglee, Cloudera and their customer base in the new digital age. He is a CEO and CTO who has been responsible for product development at leading technology companies and has a hands-on understanding of how technology solutions work and how to grow a company.Kerr has a history of success as a entrepreneurs and has founded successful companies, including Cloudera and Junglee. He has a track record ofCreate North America's Most Valuable Best Practices Library and has taught at several universities across North America, Europe and Asia.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
From having over 10 years of experience in almost any technical field, Josh Kerr knows the ins and outs of the startup process from the ground up. He is a great friend to either have on your team as a technical advisor or as your sounding board during early-stage development. Kerr is also well-versed in the interpersonal arenas, being able to (a) build good relationships with both clients and 10ured salesurus, and (b) efficiently communicate with both technical and non-technical team members.A former Venture Partner at NextGen Angels, Josh Kerr brings an entrepreneurial mindset to his work at Capital Factory. He is a Founding Venture Partner at NextGen Angels, and leads the startup development at Capital Factory. Capital Factory is a seed stage mentoring program for startups that provides a small amount of seed capital and weekly mentoring sessions by entrepreneurs who have founded successful businesses.Mentor / investor at TechStars in Austin, Texas Area. Techstars is a geographically distributed accelerator which provides both financial and advisory help to budding entrepreneurs. Focused exclusively on the early stage startup scene Techstars gives help to the freshest and most disruptive ideas.Josh Kerr has experience working with startups, accelerators and incubators to help them grow, thrive, and leverage the Amazon Web Services cloud platform. repting with startups, accelerators and incubators to help them grow, thrive, and leverage the Amazon Web Services cloud platform, Josh Kerr is also well-versed in the interpersonal arenas. He is a great friend to either have on your team as a technical advisor or as your sounding board during early-stage development. Kerr has experience working with customers and has been a part of multiple launches of technology products. Capital Factory is a seed stage mentoring program that provides a small amount of seed capital and weekly mentoring sessions by entrepreneurs who have founded successful companies.Josh Kerr's resume speaks for itself: he is a great friend, technical advisor, and interpersonal go-between. Having worked with startups, accelerators, and incubators for over 10 years, Josh Kerr knows the ropes when it comes to startup development. He brings his entrepreneurial mindset to his work at Capital Factory, and is a Founding Venture Partner at NextGen Angels.
Introversion (I), Sensing (S), Thinking (T), Perceiving (P)
3 year(s), 2 month(s)
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