About
An insightful leader known for transforming complex challenges into strategic opportunities.
With a profound ability to bridge technology and business objectives, Josh consistently drives innovation and delivers impactful results across diverse environments such as space exploration, mining, and clean-tech.
Background
The Company
Inductive is an engineering consulting firm established to provide transformative engineering solutions for clients in heavy industry dealing with electrification projects. We capture opportunity and value through the appropriate development and application of hardware and predictive modeling.
Based in Seattle, Washington, Inductive has built a network of peers to cover areas of expertise beyond electrical engineering and product strategy — including materials, mechanical engineering, software security, and power electronics.
Core Focus Areas
Philosophy
Working within traditionally challenging industries — solid waste, mining, energy — to create pragmatic solutions where the opportunity for improvement is greatest.
The essence of product design. Getting the balance right between these elements distinguishes great products with meaningful impact from dead-end prototypes.
As a systems thinker, the biggest problems require broad teams. Expert at connecting disparate multi-disciplinary pieces into a cohesive solution.
Past Work
Develop a fuel-cell–battery hybrid retrofit system to replace existing diesel-alternator gensets on Ultra-class haul trucks.
Generate a concept and study the feasibility to reduce emissions for heavy-haul locomotives operating in a large consist.
Develop a low-cost way to supervise small-scale anaerobic digesters deployed in the field and use the data to engage customers and investors.
Assess WSF's proposed decarbonization strategy for battery-diesel hybrids and shift the regional conversation toward more ambitious approaches.