Joshua Gross
Founder & CEO at Planetary
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Gross is a founder and CEO with 13 years of leadership at Planetary and more than 25 years building for the web, specializing in turning websites into strategic business infrastructure. He partners with enterprises, startups, and nonprofits to uncover hidden opportunities—combining UX design, systems engineering, and long-term product thinking. A hands-on builder at heart, Joshua moves between designing joyful experiences and architecting backend systems to deliver measurable value. He founded BuildingBoard and spent over a decade as a consultant, giving him broad exposure to varied industries and technical stacks. An active open-source contributor, he has significant experience in tooling for the front-end ecosystem, including meaningful contributions to the popular fontcustom project. Based in New York, he blends creative design instincts from a BFA in Communication Design with pragmatic engineering leadership.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Communication Design, BFA Communication Design at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (15)
css10
svg10
python10
cli9
command-line9
command-line-interface9
algorithm6
metadata6
math6
rectangles6
pygame6
imaging6
image6
scs4
sc4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
FontCustom/fontcustom
Oct 2012 - Oct 2014
Generate custom icon webfonts from the comfort of the command line.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:69 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 2 years
Contributions summary:Joshua primarily contributed to the development and refinement of `fontcustom`, a command-line tool for generating custom icon webfonts. Their work involved initial setup of the core generator script, modifications to improve glyph management and output, and adding features like autohinting and SVG generation. They also addressed several specific issues and implemented changes to templates and overall project structure.
webfontswoff2iconwoffcustom-icon
planetary/thisismarkdown
Mar 2015 - Oct 2016
This is Markdown.
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 1 year 6 months
markdown
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