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Joe Vasquez

Growth Tech & AI Partnerships at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Joe Vasquez is the Growth Tech & AI Partnerships Lead at BCG with a background that includes roles at Gusto and as a Co-Founder of Michelson Runway Accelerator. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from Rice University and is currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Vasquez has a notable career history that includes being recognized by Forbes 30U30 and being a WEF Global Shaper, along with founding iLab Collective and serving as a Venture Partner at Revel Partners.

Work Experience 

  • Director, Growth Tech & AI Partnerships

    2021 - Current

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2024

    826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills.

  • MBA Consultant

    2023 - 2023

  • Venture Partner

    2019 - 2023

Revel Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B SaaS and marketplaces.

  • Partner, Innovation & Strategy Consultant

    2019 - 2022

    Boutique innovation advisory, investment, and venture building practice with clients including Visa, Balero Accelerator, Turkish and Korean government innovation programs, and 10+ startups ranging from pre-seed to series B (two exits). Acquired by Mind the Bridge in 2022. Select investments: With, Karat, Tyba, Quoll, Modyfi, Release, Arketa.

  • MBA Product Manager, Financial Products

    2021 - 2021

Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.

Raised $746,100,000.00 from Partner Ventures.

  • Director

    2015 - 2019

    Runway Incubator is a corporate innovation advisory firm, social impact accelerator, and coworking space for high-growth early stage startups in San Francisco. Led exit to China Vanke (Fortune 500).

  • Co-Founder, Lead Investor

    2015 - 2018

    Michelson Runway is an accelerator for startups in higher education and career training. - Portfolio One: Lrnr, Motimatic, Pragya Systems, ReUp Education, and WorkAmerica - Portfolio Two: APL nextED, Gooroo, MeasureOne, NameCoach, NexusEdge, Osmosis, Qualified.io, The Whether by Better Weekdays, Year On

Their goal is to increase student access to, persistence in, progress through, and completion of postsecondary education.

  • Data Strategy & Product Management – Education Pioneers Fellow

    2013 - 2014

Enuma creates game-based self-directed learning applications for children to help them acquire foundational math and language skills.

Raised $17,305,374.00 from Yellowdog, Shinhan Alternative Investment Management, SK Holdings, Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund, Kakao Ventures, SKS PE, The HEAD Foundation and The Kuok Group.

  • Corps Member

    2011 - 2013

is a nonprofit whose mission is to engage our nation's most promising future leaders to strengthen the movement for educational equity.

Raised $4,235,000.00 from Appalachian Regional Commission, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and U.S. Department of Education.

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