Josh Rosenthal 🔑

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Customer Success-Led Growth
Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

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  • A
    Founding Organizer
    ARound Leaders at startups
    Sep 2025 - Current (10 months)
    Created and scaled a private community for leaders across disciplines at technology startups. • Sourced high-caliber presenters from across the startup ecosystem. • Designed and executed social media marketing to drive awareness and member engagement. • Built strategic partnerships to expand reach and credibility. • Hosted and facilitated multiple online events, delivering actionable insights and strengthening community ties, which have already resulted in several commercial relationships.
  • R
    Customer Success Consultant
    REPlexus Scaled Product Customer Success CommunityLed Growth
    Jul 2025 - Nov 2025 (5 months)
    𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝-𝐓𝐨-𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 Create a "plan-on-a-page" to scale the Customer Success motion of a global enterprise cloud provider. • Delivered strategic analysis and actionable frameworks to modernize operations and expand customer coverage without increasing headcount. • Conducted a detailed gap analysis of high-touch practices and identified scalability opportunities. • Designed strategies to strengthen high- and medium-touch models while introducing a low-touch motion, which involves automation, data analysis, and AI, to serve a broader customer base. • Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to align recommendations with executive business goals and managerial priorities. • Produced clear, dat
  • Career Break
    Sabbatical: Spain & EU's entrepreneurial ecosystem
    Career Break
    Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 6 months)
    Experience Spain's entrepreneurial ecosystem while experiencing the country and improving my Spanish. 🇪🇸 10 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/citizen_personalgrowth-customersuccess-ai-activity-7345435971691175937-4dIm
  • R
    Go-To-Market Advisor
    REPlexus Scaled Product Customer Success CommunityLed Growth
    Aug 2024 - Nov 2024 (4 months)
    𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡: AI for AppSec Cybersecurity Transitioned into an advisory role while in Spain, supporting GTM and fundraising efforts. • Contributed directly to securing $1.5M in funding. • Advised on scaling GTM strategy and positioning.
  • H
    Head of Go To Market Strategy
    Oct 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 3 months)
    𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡: AI for AppSec Cybersecurity Founding leader at a cybersecurity AI startup. Built the GTM engine from the ground up, driving rapid adoption and positioning the company for scale. • Attracted the first 2,000 users, growing to 25,000+ repos under audit. • Growth-hacked awareness campaigns that generated over eight thousand LinkedIn followers and established visibility and early credibility over competitors. • Surpassed annual quota within just a few months of launch. • Represented the startup at global tradeshows, building technical and commercial brand presence. • Engaged engineers, executives, and decision-makers at SMBs, enterprises, and multinational corporations. • Designed and executed the first demand gen and outbo
  • University of Maryland  Robert H Smith School of Business
    Advisor
    University of Maryland Robert H Smith School of Business
    Mar 2023 - Current (3 years 4 months)
    Member of the MS in Information Systems Advisory Council
  • boostsecurityio
    Head of Customer Success
    boostsecurityio
    Oct 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year)
    DevSecOps Automation to Secure the Supply Chain Developer-first zero friction DevSecOps automation platform that builds trust into your software supply chain.
  • H
    Head of Customer Success
    Oct 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year)
    𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) Designed and launched Customer Success for an early-stage DevSecOps Software Supply Chain platform. Operated as both an executive and individual contributor, directly engaging design partners, building processes, and preparing the company for scale. • Defined and launched Customer Success strategy, aligning Customer Success with GTM and enterprise adoption needs. • Personally onboarded several design partners, delivered product demos, and gathered feedback from SMB and Mid-Market users to expand early traction. • Suggested product improvements based on customer feedback, influencing roadmap and usability. • Represented BoostSecurity at industry trade shows to dri
  • R
    Consultant
    REPlexus Scaled Product Customer Success CommunityLed Growth
    Apr 2022 - Current (4 years 3 months)
    Operate an independent consultancy providing strategy and implementation support for SaaS, cybersecurity, and AI startups as well as enterprise technology companies. Returned to consulting between startup leadership roles to design scalable go-to-market and customer success systems.
  • R
    Strategic Advisor
    REPlexus Scaled Product Customer Success CommunityLed Growth
    Mar 2022 - Jan 2023 (11 months)
    𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨: Secure cloud data backup Joined the early go-to-market team, working shoulder-to-shoulder with commercial founders to test and validate sales strategies for Elastio’s cloud data protection platform. Took on outbound prospecting, business development, and strategic sales pivots. • Validated early sales + CS motions for a secure cloud backup SaaS • Designed a partner-led activation strategy when direct sales stalled • Provided product insights based on user friction and adoption blockers
  • Elastio Software
    Strategic Advisor
    Elastio Software
    Mar 2022 - Jan 2023 (11 months)
    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 & 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. Elastio is the first automated data protection platform that adds a data layer of defense to your cloud infrastructure. It is easy to use by both Cloud Ops and DevOps teams and can easily integrate into your existing workflows. Think of an AWS Snapshot but for any data type and includes: • 30% of the cost of automated retention because of built-in deduplication and compression, • ransomware detection for peace of mind that your backup is clean, • reliable, fast application recoveries, allowing it to protect against pipeline failures, • dashboards of risk levels and compliance reporting. https://elastio.com/tryitfree
  • Gain Grow Retain
    Board Member
    Gain Grow Retain
    Mar 2021 - Oct 2023 (2 years 8 months)
    Member of the board, participating in the gaining of new members and the growth of our community of Customer Success enthusiasts, but with a focus on retention.
  • Aqua Security
    Director of SaaS Success
    Aqua Security
    Apr 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 9 months)
  • Aqua Security
    Director Of Business Development
    Aqua Security
    Sep 2019 - Apr 2020 (8 months)
    Aqua Security purchased my startup CloudSploit in 2019. With the addition of CloudSploit, Aqua now provides both Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) offerings. Previously focused on scalable container security, Aqua now provides configuration auditing of cloud infrastructure including: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and GitHub.
  • Contrast Security
    Director Solutions Architecture
    Contrast Security
    Feb 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years 7 months)
    Application security startup with a SaaS and on-premise product early on the technology adoption curve. • Associated with sales worth over $9.7M as a Solution Architect, over $5.5M as a Customer Success Manager, and over $1M as a Sales Engineer. • Created and delivered in-person and remote training to groups of technical and managerial audiences of up to 40 people around the world. Covered deployment best practices for turning DevOps into DevSecOps. • Invented, documented, and implemented customer success and solution architecture strategy and infrastructure to facilitate implementation, bolster adoption, and drive expansion for commercial and enterprise customers. • Collaborated directly with customers to implement Interactive Application
  • CloudSploit Acquired by Aqua Security
    Co-Founder
    CloudSploit Acquired by Aqua Security
    Jul 2016 - Dec 2022 (6 years 6 months)
    Purchased by Aqua Security in 2019. Leading hosted open source cloud security posture management (CSPM) tool. Bootstrapped the company from $40 monthly recurring revenue to successful exit, only leveraging our income (i.e. no founder funding). • Sold first $100/month and first $175,000+ ARR deals while filling the roles as co-founder, Customer Success, Sales, Legal, and Finance. • Created a strong company culture of collaboration and support. Focus on giving endeared us to our customers, which led to better alignment with users and paying customers, dramatically lowering our cost to acquisition. • Automated outreach, response, interaction, and follow-up to create a positive customer engagement experience. Scaled operations via automation a
  • Cigital Inc
    Director, Solution Architecture
    Cigital Inc
    Sep 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 4 months)
    Created, documented, and directed the pre-sales and implementation process for Cigital's products, mainly SecureAssist – a real-time software security guidance tool that fits into developers IDEs (a "spell-checker for software security"). • Product Demonstration: devised and refined compelling presentations that answer technical concerns and build a business case for the product's value. Taught others how to deliver the presentation. • Product Pilots: conceived and documented each step in a process to justify purchase. Increased effectiveness by motivating colleagues in other departments to participate. • Training: designed and delivered training courses for SecureAssist. • Trade Shows: garnered interest in Cigital and its products at event
  • Klocwork
    Senior Sales Engineer
    Klocwork
    Jul 2013 - Dec 2013 (6 months)
    Delivered technical demonstrations and presented proof of concept implementations of a Static Code Analysis product to technical audiences. • Client Management: Improved customer adoption of product via pro-active customer success program I created. • Process & Team Improvement: Devised, documented, and shared processes and information on an internal wiki to coalesce disparate knowledge. • Technical Knowledge: Linux, Windows, VMware, Java,C#, C++, C. • Left ahead of mass restructuring as the company was being acquired, to join a venture with a previous colleague.
  • REPlexus
    Lead Consulting Director | Principal
    REPlexus
    Jun 2013 - Feb 2017 (3 years 9 months)
    Provided consulting on sales engineering / pre-sales / solutions architecture as well as success management to startup companies and those in transition on a part- or full-time basis. • Product Demonstration: Developed and delivered product tours of highly technical software development tools. • Client Management: Built client relationship at FDIC and advised how to get more value from existing product; obtained technical requirements. Managed relationship with Time Warner Cable, Northrop Grumman, and others. • Business Development: Led team to establish sales strategy and research and prepare RFI and RFP responses. • Product Strategy: Leveraged hands-on experience and user interviews to create strategy. • CloudSploit: positioned SaaS web
  • R
    Earlier CS + GTM Work
    REPlexus Scaled Product Customer Success CommunityLed Growth
    Jun 2013 - Feb 2017 (3 years 9 months)
    𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 Provided consulting in sales engineering, pre-sales/solutions architecture, and customer success management for startups and organizations in transition, on both part-time and full-time engagements. • Delivered technical product implementations and onboarding for enterprise engineering teams • Built CS-aligned sales engineering motions for clients such as FDIC, Time Warner Cable, and Northrop Grumman • Produced early product strategy recommendations based on customer usage and friction mapping • Advised CloudSploit on product positioning and adoption pathways before its expansion and exit
  • LivePerson
    Customer Success Manager (Technical Engagement Manager, Pre-Sales)
    LivePerson
    Oct 2011 - Jun 2013 (1 year 9 months)
    Understood client goals to implement LivePerson products to increase customer success and adoption. • Client Management: Implemented custom mobile and online chat solutions for call center directors, marketing officers, and web developers at Disney Vacation Club, Sharper Image, Trident University, National Guard, GE Capital, and Cvent; conducted personalized and entertaining online trainings. • Product Design: Invented tool to validate product installations and another to increase reach to third-party websites; client gained 14% chat traffic, recognized for overcoming obstacles and making transition seamless. • Business Development: Assisted sales representatives with closing deals. • Process & Team Improvement: Systematized deployment proc
  • C
    Founder, Director of Operations, Sales Engineer
    CAPM
    Apr 2008 - Oct 2011 (3 years 7 months)
    Led two disparate teams that interfaced with vendors, tenants and owners to manage over 130,000 square feet of office space in the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area and utilized the proceeds to fund the design and development of software products. • Client Management: Formed and supervised team of consultants to work with more than 30 service providers to manage real estate in excess of $25M; negotiated and managed contracts with annual value of over $700K; implemented procedures to improve building efficiency and increase ROI while balancing tenant needs. • Project Management: Led technical and property management teams of 10 people total that interfaced with vendors, tenants, and owners to manage over 130K square feet of office space i
  • Savi Technology
    Senior Solutions Architect
    Savi Technology
    Apr 2006 - Apr 2008 (2 years 1 month)
    Was the technical member of the most profitable division in the company. Translated technical requirements to sales proposals before choosing the most profitable requirement(s) to prove that the product(s) can solve. • Technical Product Development: Extended core software using Java, JSP, C#, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, and Oracle 9i; designed and built mobile software application to detect tampered sensor RFID tags. • Process Design & Improvement: Created library of VMWare instances, reducing preparation time by 70% for demonstration of distributed software and hardware. • Client Management: Developed and delivered technical training materials to Fortune 500 customer; noted as one of the best presenters in the group. • Business Development: Cre
  • S
    Founder, Director
    Smith Peeps
    Aug 2004 - Dec 2013 (9 years 5 months)
    Formed the group with the mission of providing ongoing business connections and opportunities to Smith MBA students and alumni. With approximately 2,000 members spread over several social media websites, there is a strong culture of job- and information-sharing. Members hold and attend online and live events that SmithPeeps promotes and manages.
  • U
    Lead Technical Analyst
    Unisys Federal
    Aug 2004 - Apr 2006 (1 year 9 months)
    Directed a cross-functional team of over 10 professionals in overhauling the General Services Administration's (GSA) enterprise legacy supply chain management system. Combined modern software practices with strong team leadership to deliver scalable improvements. • Leadership & Technical Knowledge: Envisioned and led the technical approach using Rational Unified Process (RUP)-based 3D-VE methodology; applied eXtreme principles during analysis to accelerate clarity and reduce risk. • Team Development: Built and facilitated a certification study group for the Sun Java 1.4 Programmer exam, raising technical capability across the team. • Business Development & Collaboration: Represented Unisys at monthly Java SIGs, presenting and sharing ins
  • Unisys
    Lead Technical Analyst
    Unisys
    Aug 2004 - Apr 2006 (1 year 9 months)
    • Leadership & Technical Knowledge: Led an advanced team of over 10 people to overhaul an enterprise legacy supply chain management system for the General Services Administration. Envisioned the approach. Used Rational Unified Process (RUP)-based 3D-VE process, applied eXtreme principles to analysis phase. • Team Development: Created and led certification study group for Sun Java 1.4 Programmer certification. • Business Development: Led and presented topics at monthly Java special interest groups aimed to increase information-sharing, learning, and teamwork between Unisys and GSA teams. • Process Design & Improvement: Systemized the interview process, increasing quantifiable candidate rankings, and reducing interview time by over 50%.
  • I
    Founder, Inventor, Technical Consultant, Product & Project Manager
    InteractiveInstruction
    Sep 2002 - Aug 2004 (2 years)
    Invented and brought to market an interactive online video framework to automatically classify potential customers. • Product Design: Invented software patent to classify potential customers and led team to implement Reactive Video (rich-media) framework (developed J2EE WAR-deployable and XML-configurable platform that communicates with interactive media presentations through the Internet via own ActionScript library using a REST architecture). • Sales Strategy: Interviewed industry SMEs; prepared requirements, scope, cost-benefit analysis, design, and implementation plan; gathered user requirements to design, test, and implement rich-media solutions. • Business Development: Reviewed / negotiated joint ventures, sales, purchases; prepared a
  • A
    Software Engineer
    Artesia Technologies
    Dec 2000 - Sep 2002 (1 year 10 months)
    • Technical Knowledge: Developed, maintained, and tested installations for multiple enterprise applications using Shell scripts and InstallAnywhere SDK for UNIX, Windows, and Mac platforms. • Knowledge Management: Managed a team tasked with developing an enterprise knowledge base to repurpose information. • Technical Knowledge: Constructed usage reporting platform using Java, XML, JSP, JavaScript, CSS, and DHTML. • Quantitative Analysis: Analyzed, designed, and developed interaction between core product and an acquired tool. • Left as the company was being acquired.
  • Sprint
    Software Engineer
    Sprint
    Aug 1999 - Dec 2000 (1 year 5 months)
    • Technical Knowledge: Worked full J2EE product development life cycle (PDLC) for FTS2001 web development contract. • Technical Knowledge and Leadership: Became department Subject Matter Expert for DHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, and Java. • Team Development: Traveled country teaching XML to other object-oriented user groups. • Left before division was terminated in the MCI-Sprint merger.
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  • University of Maryland  Robert H Smith School of Business
    MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    University of Maryland Robert H Smith School of Business
    Sep 2005 - Jun 2008 (2 years 10 months)
    • Focus on business operations of technology companies, developing and refining skills in entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, management, negotiations, and teamwork. • Reinvigorated the Jewish MBA Association as the first part-time student to run a full-time student organization. • Founded the largest independent MBA networking group, which had approximately 2,000 members.
  • James Madison University
    Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems, General
    James Madison University
    Sep 1995 - Jun 1999 (3 years 10 months)
    • Major: Computer Information Systems • Minor: Interpersonal & Small Group Communication • Honors: Cum Laude, Mediation Certificate • Founded social/service organization JMU Breakdance Club. Grew it to 100 members in 3 months. Lead and motivated teams for fundraisers, charitable/ social performances and events. Secured largest school sponsorship in university history.
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  • L
    LLM Security Lab for the European Innovation Center
    May 2025 - Jul 2025 (3 months)
    Hands-on lessons for attacking and defending AI systems, starting with the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications.
  • C
    CloudSploit
    Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 (6 years 1 month)
    Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) as a Service
  • W
    Website Implementation Analyzer
    Mar 2013 - Jun 2013 (4 months)
    Searches a website for artifacts relating to the implementation of LP (LivePerson) Chat and reports on the findings.
  • L
    Lifeprint Chrome Extension
    Dec 2012
    Allows you to search words on LifePrint.com, a website that teaches American Sign Language.
  • S
    Suggest Vote Comment Bribe
    Jun 2009 - Jan 2013 (3 years 8 months)
    Joomla! Component that allows users to make a Suggestion, Vote and Comment on it, or Bribe the administrator to implement it
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  • Cox Automotive
    "Simplicity, Speed & Agility" Award
    Cox Automotive
    Jan 2018
    Honored for CloudSploit to be recognized by Cox Automotive for our dedication to customer satisfaction and our alacrity to implement feedback from our users. CloudSploit was only comprised of only the two founders at that time, both of whom had day jobs.
  • Contrast Security
    "Above & Beyond" Award
    Contrast Security
    Jan 2018
    Given to me as a member of the Customer Success team by the Sales department for my collaboration to expand adoption with key enterprise and commercial customers.
  • Lockheed Martin
    "Team Excellence" Award
    Lockheed Martin
    Jan 2008
  • A
    Business Plan Competition Winner
    A Million For Us Mind Your Own BizNiche conference
    Nov 2003