About Joshua

Here's the longer version of my story...

I'm an Emerging Technology Director for business enablement. This means I have deep roots in the global innovation ecosystem and can look at the whole landscape of technologies to see where they intersect and can be put to work for people and companies.

In the six years I spent with Verizon's Global Network & Technology division:

• I helped leaders across industries understand the edge of what’s possible in next-gen digital transformation. 
• I helped Verizon create new collaborations that have impacted audiences ranging from at-risk students to users of advanced artificial intelligence.
  

If I have a superpower, it's seeing “art of the possible” for any industry and communicating how businesses can begin preparing for new customer expectations. I sit at the intersection of the application of emerging technology and of the actual nitty-gritty under the hood that makes it all work. 

It's helpful to create compelling stories that use historical contexts combined with current and future technology advancements in order to educate, inspire, and connect the dots for individuals and businesses.

I have a thesis about how technology and humans are evolving together:

• In the past decade, advancements in hardware technology (like the iPhone) drove innovations in wireless infrastructure (like 4G LTE) and cloud resource availability (like AWS).
• We've collectively been reaping the benefits ever since with services like Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Uber that have redefined how we live our lives.
• However, the symbiosis of existing high-speed wireless connectivity and device capabilities is being upended by the arrival of 5G and other emerging technologies, like edge computing, blockchain, XR environments like the Metaverse, and new artificial intelligence models like Generative AI.
• This has significant implications for creators and technologists who are thinking about how the next ten years will be shaped. 
• The fact is: these new technologies are here and will open the door to entire ecosystems of computing that uses information from the entire world around us.

I frequently speak publicly about these topics, delivering keynotes at conferences by IEEE, SIGGRAPH, Reuters, the Super AI ML Summit, Augmented World Expo, Smart Manufacturing World Summit, GoTech Live in Bucharest, Romania, Future State Live in Auckland, New Zealand, and the New York State Innovation Summit.

I also lecture and mentor graduate courses at Columbia Business School and at NYU’s Stern School of Business and Tandon School of Engineering.