Josh C

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Optivoy

Jan 2026 - Present • 10 mos

I co-founded Optivoy, an AI loyalty and perks platform, after building the demo MVP that earned buy-in from about 20 C-level executives, including the founders of TripIt and Points.com. As CPO I owned the product vision, roadmap and prioritization through MVP, and I now run operations as COO. - Repositioned the product from a travel app to a loyalty and perks platform with a stronger market position - Wrote PRDs and built frontend features, backend features and third-party integrations myself with Claude Code and Cursor, from scoping through testing and release - Put release discipline in place before advisor testing: a feature freeze, separate staging and production, standard bug tracking and focused testing sprints - Led an 8-week practicum with 11 MBA students from Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, MIT Sloan and Kellogg that produced our operating model, go-to-market plan and partnership proposals - Co-recruited an 18-member advisory board of loyalty and travel leaders, ran designer hiring end to end and managed 6 interns - Built the investor deck, one pager and a data room of about 90 items for our seed raise

Founder and Product Lead

Float | 10-Day MVP Sprints • Selbstständig

Mar 2025 - Apr 2026 • 1 yr 1 mo

I founded Float, a product studio that took early-stage AI startups from concept to launch. I owned scope, roadmap, design, engineering and delivery for each client. - Took 15+ startups from idea to an investor-ready MVP in 10-day sprints, helping founders raise $1M+ in pre-seed funding and land pilots and early users - Scoped MVPs, prioritized features against each founder's goals and validated with users before building - Built a delivery framework with clear milestones and success criteria so several engagements could run at once - Ran the business end to end, from positioning and pricing to client delivery - Official Lovable agency partner, top 1% Lovable builder globally and a Lovable Featured Builder

AI Product Designer

Okaya • Freiberufler

Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 • 11 mos

I led zero-to-one product design for Okaya, an AI mental health platform adopted by Air Force units, which led to selection for a U.S. Space Force pilot. - Turned interviews with military leadership and end users into roadmap priorities, balancing clinical standards, security and usability - Reached a System Usability Scale score of 85+, which supported expanding enterprise pilots across military and first-responder customers - Redesigned how AI responses were framed and how guided workflows ran, which raised trust and completion rates and reduced churn