JOSEPH ENSMINGER
PRODUCT PERSON
I lead creative and technical teams and build products that delight.
A little
ABOUT ME
I have a knack for unblocking teams and rapid prototyping. Initially starting my career as a programmer, I shifted from startup to startup, quickly taking on bigger areas of responsibility which enabled me to learn the bag of skills that we now call product management.
There's something intoxicating about sharing a mission with brilliant, imaginative, ambitious minds to build something extraordinary and shape it into something anyone can experience. When you've carefully considered every detail, refined each element to perfection, and you're holding this incredible creation that's still waiting to be discovered by the world.
While I've built a B2B software business and worked with product and marketing teams at Google, Lyft, Instacart, Open Table, Torani, and Snowflake, working with small creative teams to make something special for everyday people is my first love.
Some of my proudest moments were making a COVID community risk website that garnered 8 million users in 21 days, launching a 7-figure luxury backpack brand, and watching player reactions to my horror-game prototype.
For more of my work history, take a look at my LinkedIn.
My Latest
Projects
- Riddle My Scared — A tense first-person horror puzzle card game prototype.
- BERT — A canvas systems thinking app.
- Audience Push — An IFTTT-style Shopify plug-in.
Colleague
Remarks
Joe was great at managing multiple high conflict personalities and helped the team focus on the work at hand.
Joe remained extremely calm among all the chaos and helped our team think clearly.
Joe is observant and astute. He picks up on the subtleties well, in both intent and feeling of people. He can very logically see the second and third-order effects of his actions, and lay out a plan to get there. He also has a great work ethic and can maintain focus to deliver a high-quality product for a very long time.
Joseph Ensminger is great! I met him as a teenager—he dropped out of college to go through the training program Tradecraft I cofounded—and I've hired him multiple times subsequently to work on projects together. He's smart, hard working, reliable, a fast learner, and a lovely human on top of all that.
Rootie MVP: Joseph Ensminger for helping create a safe and honest environment
Let's
Connect
Want to discuss a project or just have a chat? Book a time with me below.