Josh Santos

Bio

A graduate of the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, Josh has a background spanning industrial operations, engineering, enterprise software, technology startups, and independent consulting.

As an engineering student at Pembina Pipeline Corporation, he developed VBA-based cost-control tools, operational applications, and pipeline integrity software. At OEL Projects, he supported the delivery of vendor-managed production packages. As an independent consultant, he worked with different Marketing, Business Development Representation and EPCM firms, where he built customized business systems and helped organizations improve their internal processes.  He also performed IT Services such as a large scale attack mitigation and post-mortem analysis.

Josh was Director of IT Solutions at Argyle Fox, where he led enterprise integrations and resolved complex, high-priority technology issues for large clients. As a developer and International Lead at Miami-based emergency-location technology company i911.com, he managed international initiatives and helped develop geolocation tools and applications. The company’s technology was used by the United States Coast Guard and mentioned in a Smarter Every Day episode about Coast Guard search-and-rescue operations.

At Emperous, Josh designed the core architecture behind the company’s secure, configurable operations platform. He works directly with industrial and public-sector clients to connect project work, documents, procurement, production, equipment records, and customer-facing workflows.

Josh also served as a Canadian Armed Forces Reservist with 41 Combat Engineer Regiment. During Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations in 2017, Josh performed the national anthem alongside the flag party at the opening ceremony of the Calgary Stampede.