Josh Wand
General Partner at ForceBrands
Santa Monica, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Wand is a Santa Monica-based entrepreneur and investor, currently General Partner at The Family Fund & Founder Community, where he leverages a broad network of 50+ industry leaders to accelerate growth for consumer brands and tech companies. As founder and CEO of ForceBrands and co-founder of PINATA, he guides a data-informed approach to talent and field marketing across consumer products, from executive search to freelance marketplaces. ForceBrands operates industry-specific divisions—BevForce, FoodForce, BeautyForce, and HerbForce—alongside board assembly and targeted job boards to help build world-class teams. His career spans leadership roles in beverage and hospitality distribution and has seen him work with notable brands such as KIND Snacks, Glossier, Hershey’s, and Vita Coco. A board member of Wellfare, he blends entrepreneurial drive with a commitment to community impact, underpinned by a UNLV hospitality degree.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Hospitality Management, Bachelors Hospitality Management at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Github Skills (200)
campfire10
highlighting10
tinder10
javascript10
html10
aws-cdk10
mobile-first10
agent10
html510
bootstrap10
css10
responsive10
sass10
step-functions10
monitoring9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
joshwand/onion-simulator
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
joshwand/notes_gcal
Apr 2010 - Jan 2011
Contributions:14 commits in 9 months
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