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Meet a Westie: Josh D’Souza, Hybrid Project & Engagement Manager
Josh is a very special Westie.
Like most of us, he wears a few different hats, and originally joined the team as an Engagement Manager (MistyWest’s version of account reps) back in the fall of 2018. Coming from an Engineering Physics background in Ottawa, he specialized in power displays and later in applications for consumer audio products. Josh champions our “People First” value, in that he’s always making new connections with potential partners, uncovering their unique challenges and guiding them to possible solutions (even if that’s to another firm outside MistyWest). He continuously centers the client’s needs and experience ahead of simply making a sale.
In addition to being a kickass EM, Josh also took on a Project Manager role about a year and a half ago and has been steadily delivering on one of our favourite projects, the Polar Bear Tracker for World Wildlife Fund. Coming from a background as a musician and creative Jack-of-all-Trades, Josh describes being drawn to MistyWest via our unique formula of ‘tech + creativity’. The team and our projects thrive via the collaboration of diverse, talented Generalists, each of whom brings their unique perspectives to solving problems and innovating via emergent technologies.
One of the most unique things about Josh is his obsession with global media. A self-professed film geek, he loves Kurosawa and Kubric, but also lesser-known directors such as Somjit Ray. During Covid, Josh has challenged himself to listen to at least one album per month from a new or unknown artist from a different country to help expand his worldview. He asks the intriguing question:
“If you can’t travel to a place physically, what can its music and film tell you about a culture?”
