Josh Voitko

Head of Engineering at The 5th Ingredient

I am passionate about creating high-value software solutions through strong cross-functional collaboration and a focus on team culture, process, and design. In my role as Head of Engineering at The 5th Ingredient, I have the privilege of working with a dedicated team to deliver innovative brewery software solutions used by customers in over 21 countries. I take pride in guiding our efforts to enhance product functionality and support significant customer growth while always keeping the needs of our users at the forefront.

Before joining The 5th Ingredient, I gained valuable leadership experience as Director of Engineering at qmeta.io and as the Founder and Board Member of RelativeBlue, where I helped shape award-winning SaaS products. I hold a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology and a leadership certificate from Harvard Business School Online. With over 15 years in Saas engineering, I remain committed to continuous learning and collaboration, striving to drive innovation and create lasting value for the organizations I serve.

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2021 - Present

The 5th Ingredient

As Head of Engineering at The 5th Ingredient, I led the team through a period of 4x growth, ran the initiative to fully overhaul the company's server architecture, enhancing system performance, reliability, and security, and delivered over 500 + content updates to the system, focusing on bug fixes, feature enhancements, and performance optimizations.
2019 - 2021

qmeta.io

During my tenure as Director of Software Engineering at qmeta.io, I took charge of spearheading the modernization of their flagship metadata platform. Over the course of a year, I fostered a cohesive working environment by closely interfacing with sales, advertising, and support teams, creating a synergy that positively impacted the organization and contributed heavily to the overall success of the project.
2018 - 2024

RelativeBlue

As the Founder and former CEO, I played a pivotal role in transforming a small startup into a revenue-producing business. Building strategic alliances, I cultivated relationships with prominent partners including Microsoft, Valve & Upwork. I facilitated worldwide communications and spearheaded targeted outreach to potential sales and marketing prospects through collaboration with social media influencers and content creators.
Pre 2018

In my past roles, I spearheaded multiple innovative projects within the tech industry. Notably, I established and oversaw the Federated Content Platform for Acquire Media, now a subsidiary of Moody's Analytics. Additionally, I served as a senior architect for NewsCycle, collaborating directly with global Fortune 500 companies such as Novartis and Swiss Re to deliver tailored enterprise software solutions.

My career began with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of technology and has continued to be enriched by the addition of multiple industry certifications including Harvard Business School Online's Leadership Principles.

Josh as the team lead is as good as it gets. His exceptional communication is only trumped by his even greater talent as an engineer. He leads by example and I was always amazed by both his ability and willingness to pause what he was doing to mentor others. I know I was very appreciative for the time we spent together working through client requirements and implementing his elegant solutions.

Adam Fendler - Full Stack Engineer

As a skilled technical leader, Josh effectively scaled the engineering org. Josh accelerated engineering project delivery, leveled up the software in terms of reliability and efficiency, and enhanced the team workflow and productivity. On the leadership side, Josh skillfully communicated technical details and timelines across the organization, and played a key role in organizing and executing the product roadmap. Josh was engaged and thoughtful in strategic discussions, and had a keen focus on building a strong and collaborative company culture.

Zach Volkman - Head of Revenue Operations @ The 5th Ingredient

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Josh Voitko

Recent experience

2021 - Present

The 5th Ingredient

2019 - 2021

qmeta.io

2018 - 2024

RelativeBlue

Pre 2018

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Recent posts

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