I am:

Josh Strong

Technology. At your service.

I build systems and make technology invisible.

I pair white-glove service with building AI-powered workflows that delight organizations and enhance teams.

VP-and-up leaders served, up to the CEO
closed on first touch · reopen rate under 1%
users moved from VPN to Zscaler in a year
across two Fortune 500 firms
over three most recent fiscal years, with zero detractors
// demos

Examples of.
Tools I've Built.

Don't just read about my impact, experience it.

When EAs can't manage a team calendar or an executive's mailbox isn't working as expected, the fix is typically a series of clicks in an admin portal spanning several minutes. I decided to optimize that and now our team's workflow is managing these tickets via natural-language tools. An LLM organizes our team's ticket metrics and automatically notifies us of any trends. Here's what that looks like:

01 / The console

Metrics made easy

My Exchange MCP server contains 17 functions which are all accessible with natural language. Delegation requests, our team's most common request at ~30% of tickets, get completed in seconds. Experience this with the demo below. Type a request or select one below and watch the panel on the right to compare feasibility and completion times.

exec-ops | terminal
Or select one below
meanwhile, the manual way0:00
  • Open the admin center
  • Search & open the mailbox
  • Find the right settings pane
  • Make the change & save
  • Wait for propagation
  • Verify
4 minutes of clicking turned into seconds.
02 / Ticket intelligence

Metrics made easy

Below you'll see a typical week of Exec Technology Solutions tickets. The automated metrics tracking systems I've built have transformed verbose operation metrics into a succinct AI-powered summary.

22 open · unread
Open
0
P1 share
0%
Avg age
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// portfolio

a few more highlights

Passwordless Authentication Rollout

I was the enablement lead from end-to-end and the single escalation point within the IT organization for our enterprise passwordless rollout. I built the readiness program and knowledge base from the ground up, and ensured the enrollment experience was as easy as possible. The goal was to keep contact volume minimal which resulted in less than 10 percent of the workforce reaching out, which was a big win considering it was a major shift in user experience. And training worked as first-contact resolution was around 83 percent.

Proven Under Pressure

Starting my career at a prestigious law firm pressure tested me right out the gate so working under pressure has become second nature. Since then I have been behind the technology in situations where failure isn't an option including executives requiring a technology solution quickly, board of directors meetings, and major product-launch media events I helped our events team execute. At Accenture, I ran internal and client events with up to 250 attendees out of our Innovation Hub. The higher the stakes and the visibility, the more I've risen to the occasion.

Enabling Executives

I've delivered white-glove technology services for key leaders. From Partners at Cleary to Senior Managing Directors at Accenture, I now solution for about 100 of Intuit's most senior leaders, up to the CEO as well as the Founder. Roughly a third are P1-critical, and I close about 96 percent on first touch with a reopen rate under 1 percent. I earned a Customer Obsession award in my first 30 days and eight leadership commendations in my first 90. When the person you are helping runs a Fortune 500, good enough is not good enough.

Zscaler Deployment

Moving 18,000 users off legacy VPN to Zscaler was a 12-month program, and my job was making sure the IT org was ready for it. I partnered with Enterprise Security on the documentation, trained a global team of roughly 200 analysts, standardized how tickets got classified and escalated to engineering for anything requiring their intervention.

M&A Integration

When Mailchimp was acquired by Intuit, I ran the endpoint side of folding us in: migrating about 1,200 users and their devices into Intuit's infrastructure, coordinating global hardware delivery/legacy returns, and piloting a new setup program I refined from user feedback. Merging two companies' technology is challenging but the end result was a great reward.

ISO 27001

I partnered directly with endpoint security on the successful pursuit for an ISO 27001 certification by deploying Jamf Protect to a fleet of about 1,500 computers.

Self-Service by Design

It's better to build the solution that answers the question than answer it 500 times. Self-help articles I wrote pulled 3,500+ views and measurably cut service-desk volume, and I took a self-service peripheral loaner system from concept to launch.

// how I approach work

The other half.

The demos show my tools. Here's the mindset that powers them all

01

"The best technology is invisible."

When I've done the job right, no one notices I was there. No ticket. No downtime. No "how do I…". Everything just works and the person focuses on what they need to. I obsess over the friction everyone else has stopped noticing, because removing it is the entire point. User experience is everything.

02

"Serve the person, not the ticket."

A ticket is a symptom; the person is the problem worth solving. I read the human behind the request and figure out what they know they want and what they may not realize they need. I offer solutions for the problem they knew about while empowering them with solutions they didn't.

03

"Automate the boring so people can focus."

Every hour spent clicking through an admin panel is an hour lost from work that leads to higher impact. So I build the tool that erases it. I identify automation opportunities and design the solution. Agents do the repetitive work while people focus on the high-level.

— Technology must never be a barrier. It should be a gateway to empower people to build, create, and operate in ways they never imagined.

// the backstory

From odd jobs to solutioning for C-suite.

I didn't walk the typical path and instead, took the one that taught me how technology actually lands for the people using it. From a service desk to serving Intuit's most senior leaders. It's a good story.

Read the full journey →
// the differentiators

What I bring.

Ahead

I built for what's next.

I stay close to where the work is heading and adopt what's coming early, so the solution is in place before the need arises.

Build

If it doesn't exist, I make it.

A builder's instinct, not a ticket-taker's. When a workflow is broken I repair and optimize it.

Own

The whole rollout, end to end.

From the first plan to the last adopter: strategy, sequencing, comms and fallback. I understand what's required to deploy things end to end.

Serve

White-glove at any altitude.

The same standard whether I'm helping the help desk or the CEO. I read the person behind the request and rise to what the moment needs.

// off the clock

Beyond the work

A few interests outside of my day-to-day.

the collection
pairs of sneakers
and counting. An eye for design isn't only a work thing.
on two wheels
NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour
40 miles across the five boroughs.

Connect
with me.

Open to the right opportunity and discussions with industry professionals