Josh Child / Product & Technology Leader
Open to the right opportunityProduct thinking.
Practical execution.
I connect strategy, design, and technology to help teams define, build, and improve digital products. More than 20 years of asking better questions and carrying the work through.
Across the product lifecycle
From the first question
to what comes next.
I work across the boundaries between product, design, and engineering. Connecting the decisions is as important as making them.
20+
Years across product,
design, and technology.
A broad view.
A hands-on approach.
Brands & organizations I’ve worked with
Experience across product roles, client engagements, and agency projects delivered with the team at Riser.
Logo 01 / 01
01 / Selected work
Decisions made. Products delivered.
Beta / Work in progress01 / Personal & experimental
Dugout
A visual lineup planner that helps youth baseball coaches organize positions and playing time.
Portfolio version02 / Design & technology
Hoopes Vision
A patient website connecting procedures, doctors, technology, and resources through a shared design system.
Portfolio demo03 / Product leadership
SquadMI
Connecting player agreements, financial obligations, and squad planning scenarios.
Interactive demo04 / Personal & experimental
Hoopes Vision Atlas
An interactive demo that helps patients explore eye anatomy and conditions at their own pace.
02 / Recommendations
From the people I’ve worked with.
Selected excerpts from nine LinkedIn recommendations.
“It’s rare to find a leader who can navigate the high-level complexities of product strategy while remaining deeply rooted in technical excellence.”
Engineering collaborator
“Josh's ability to effortlessly manage complex tasks while keeping a calm demeanor is truly remarkable.”
Web & mobile project collaborator
“Josh has a unique and talented approach to digital product design.”
Project teammate
“He’s a supportive leader and a lifelong learner. I always found him teaching himself something new and encouraging a growth mindset at work.”
Former direct report at Riser
“As a leader, he is extremely professional, reliable, and efficient.”
Client collaborator
“I've worked with him on many different projects, and in every case he delivered beyond expectations.”
Client collaborator
“I would work with him again in a heartbeat.”
Client collaborator
“His responses were timely and often brilliant solutions to our problems.”
Client collaborator
“I think anyone who has the opportunity to work for Josh will be better off for it, and will be a better designer.”
Former direct report
Recommendation 01 / 01
03 / Capabilities
Different disciplines. One product.
04 / Approach
Understand the problem.
Choose the approach.
Keep improving.
The process should serve the product, the people using it, and the team building it. I start with context, make the tradeoffs visible, and work toward something useful we can learn from.
How I think and work05 / Recent insights
Room for a little reflection.
Product & AI
AI is bringing software work full circle
Why I agree that AI is pulling product and engineering closer together, and what the systems analyst of the 1960s can tell us about where the work is going.
7 min read
Product & AI
Product ownership when AI makes building easier
Faster implementation raises the value of clear product decisions. A practical view of ownership, evidence, and responsibility in AI-assisted work.
6 min read
Product & AI
An AI backlog still needs a reason to exist
A practical way to prioritize AI opportunities through user problems, evidence, review effort, and the cost of being wrong.
6 min read
Product & AI
Acceptance criteria for AI features need real examples
How product owners can define acceptable AI behavior through examples, review paths, boundaries, and shared evaluation.
6 min read
The next conversation
Good work starts with a conversation.
A leadership role, a product challenge, or an idea worth exploring. I’d like to hear what you’re working on.
Let’s talk