Consulting

I'm available for short and long term engagements supporting companies and engineering teams across a variety of challenges. Having gone from being the only technical employee at a startup to scaling engineering teams to dozens of people, I've been hands-on with business challenges, the hard technical problems, and the even harder human ones. Whether you're looking to talk with someone who's been there before or bring someone in to get their hands dirty and simply get it done, I can help.

Early Stage Fractional CTO

I've worked at startups for over 15 years. I can help you build your MVP, scale your engineering team, and grow your company.

Josh Abramson
Joe was my Founder for 10 years. He has a unique skill set where he is both an expert software and product architect, knows how to hire and manage excellent people, and has a very sharp business mind. I've been building internet businesses for 24 years now and Joe is among the very best that I've had the pleasure of working with.
Josh Abramson
Founder, CollegeHumor, Vimeo, TeePublic

Web Application Performance

Taking TeePublic from 0 to 50+ million page views per month, I've learned a lot about how to build performant web applications. I can help you build a fast, scalable, and reliable web application.

Michael Gruen
When Exposure.co hit scaling challenges, Joe quickly diagnosed a few resource hogs that, after two hours of work and a zero-risk deployment, reduced our server load by 200% while improving page responsiveness by ten-fold or more. Our site is now more performant, cheaper to run, and more reliable. Highly recommended.
Michael Gruen
CEO, Exposure.co

Marketplace Strategy and Operations

Marketplaces are hard and sustaining them harder. Having gone zero to one with the largest print-on-demand marketplace for independent artists, I can help you build and grow your marketplace.

Adam Lasky
Joe has a deep understanding of how to run a marketplace, using the phrase 'tend the garden' to create a vision and roadmap for building a marketplace with compelling content. He thinks strategically about marketplaces and how to acquire, curate, and activate content with great success, not just from a website perspective but from a product catalog marketing perspective. He was instrumental is engineering a feed health and monitoring program for close to 1 billion SKUs. Joe is a fantastic thinking partner, especially when it comes to brand-as-product. He was instrumental in guiding TeePublic to think about the brand as more than a visual identity but as a product that delivers the right message to the target customer.
Adam Lasky
Marketing Executive

Selling T-Shirts on the Internet

I've sold a lot of T-Shirts on the internet. Like, a lot. I can help you build a print-on-demand business that scales.

A T-Shirt
Joe is a great guy. He's sold a lot of me.
A T-Shirt
Apparel, 100% Cotton