JB

Joe Botsch

Early-Stage VC - AI/ML, Vertical Software, Developer Tools / Data Infra, Cybersecurity, and FinTech

New York, New York

Work Experience

2021

  • Investor

    2021

    Since 2000, RTP Global has remained an early-stage venture capital firm with a strong track record of investing in technology companies--partnering with over a hundred founding teams across Europe, Asia, and North America. Investments: SDF Labs (Seed) Bytewax (Seed) Alvys (Series A) DoControl (Series A) Daylight.io (Series A) Highlights App (Pre-Seed) Koia (Pre-Seed) Sunbird (Pre-Seed)

2020 - 2021

  • Investor

    2020 - 2021

    OpenView, the expansion stage venture firm, helps build software companies into market leaders. Through our Expansion Platform, we help companies hire the best talent, acquire and retain the right customers and partner with industry leaders so they can dominate their markets. Our focus on the expansion stage makes us uniquely suited to provide truly tailored operational support to our portfolio companies. Encamp (Series B) OceanInsights (acq'd by Project44)

2019 - 2020

  • Program Director

    2019 - 2020

2017 - 2020

  • Director of Research & Analytics

    2019 - 2020

  • Global Operations and Data Manager (Data Scientist)

    2017 - 2019

2017 - 2017

  • Product Manager

    2017 - 2017

    • Supported Engineering and Sales team to deliver high quality user experiences • Reviewed tickets in Jira and conducted platform testing with third party services and organized backlog • Ensured cross browser functionality • Refined production priorities and gathered and documented requirements from clients and other teams • Administrated the CMS accounts and provided company with new technology updates • Worked with content to team to increase effectiveness of email campaigns • Managed online rewards store and sweepstakes • Handled duties of Community Manager including user outreach and support • Provided newsletters to company detailing updates

  • Data Engineer

    2015 - 2016

    • Responsible for technology pre and post launch preparation and integration for new funds • Focused on technology operations and data oversight for proprietary and third party software made available to Portfolio Managers, Traders and Trade Operations, Compliance, and Performance departments within the firm • Developed detailed test plans and test cases and conduct system integration and user acceptance testing to validate and certify developed solutions • Identified, researched and resolved technical problems pertinent to Geode applications and collaborated with the application development team or third-party vendors • Tested and was responsible for quality assurance of proprietary software including Axioma and Wilshire

2014 - 2014

  • Business and Data Analyst Intern

    2014 - 2014

    Conducted technology market research, analysis, and consulting of M2M, enterprise/IT, and embedded software systems Generated market sizing and forecasting, market opportunity assessments, competitive analysis, and partner development Created and supported quantitative market models and drafted preliminary analyses Analyzed multiple areas including requirements management tools, automated testing and verification tools, change management tools, cross-domain engineering integration, Agile, and DevOps Provided customers in the supplier and investor communities with strategic advice

2014 - 2014

  • Global Technology and Development Intern

    2014 - 2014

    Assisted in the development of NASDAQ products in C# .NET MVC framework Generated weekly status reports for business and product development teams Participated in daily SCRUM calls and weekly workflow prioritization meetings Developed app to conduct Twitter Sentiment analysis on NASDAQ clients Assisted in components of product management for creating and testing Disaster Recovery Environment

2013 - 2014

  • Research Assistant

    2013 - 2014

    Compile data on time expressions and relation to Artificial Intelligence Coding time expressions on complex grammars in Python Currently conducting analysis for Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing

  • Teaching Assistant

    2013 - 2014

    Organized and maintained files for the teacher Accountable for grading student assignments and source code Held office hours to help students complete assignments and prepare for exams Assisted students in building programs written in Matlab Assisted students in building websites written with HTML, CSS, and Javascript

  • Help Desk Technician

    2013 - 2014

    • Assisted customers with questions regarding software and hardware problems through front desk and phone interactions • Troubleshot and repaired supported network, operating systems, applications, and University systems for community of 7,000 • Assisted faculty/staff/students with technology and phone troubleshooting through remote computer connection by phone and in person • Managed and respond to technology issues through an online repair ticket queue

2014 - 2014

  • Associate Software Engineer

    2014 - 2014