Office Hours with Josh Krammes, Startup Advisor/Chief Evangelist @ Softlayer

For this quarter's Softlayer Office Hours we're looking forward to hosting Josh Krammes, VP Community Development @ Softlayer. Josh is one of the most connected BD Execs in high tech. He is available to meet 1:1 for Office Hours here in San Francisco.

Josh serves as an advisor, mentor, friend and liaison for early-stage startups to SoftLayer and the broader global startup community. He assists SoftLayer's Community Development team at by co-managing relationships with TechStars, 500 Startups, the Global Accelerator Network, several of the country’s premiere co-working spaces, entrepreneurial organizations and many more. He joined SoftLayer in 2012 to execute the piloted SoftLayer Catalyst program to official launch and expansion. In the first year, the company’s program grew to incubate more than 500 startups around the globe, all seeking mentorship, advisement, and infrastructure services as they bring product to market. Prior to SoftLayer, Krammes was fortunate to have enjoyed a successful career in politics, NGO’s, private corporations and as an entrepreneur. He has an extensive background in business development, fund raising, and community development for companies, non-profits, municipalities and governments, and startup clients including: Sparked.com, SuperFan/BranchOut, Good.co, FitDeck, and several others. Krammes is a life-long Big Brother volunteer, an avid runner, volunteer, traveler, hiker and surfing enthusiast. He credits all of his successes to one simple philosophy: always asking first how to help.