Joshua Ford is the CEO and Co-Founder of HipTrain. As the son of two teachers, he is passionate about creating more affordable and accessible services for people of all income levels.
Prior to starting HipTrain, he was an early employee and served for three years as Head of Global Business Development at Candid, a venture-backed company focused on making oral healthcare more accessible and affordable.
He previously led strategic partnerships in Latin America for Uber. He also worked for the White House, FIFA (in both South Africa and Brazil), IBM, Endeavor and The Gap Partnership.
He has served on the Board of Trustees for HOBY (Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership) International, EACEF (East African Childrens’ Education Fund), The Dare to Dream Travel Scholarship and the Broughton Travel Fellowship.
Joshua was Fulbright Scholar in Mexico where he researched entrepreneurship in emerging markets and was a Morehead-Cain Scholar in the Honors Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned his B.A. in Global Studies.
Josh’s website is https://hiptrain.com/.