Josh Thuma

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JOSH THUMA

My name is Josh Thuma, feel free to reach out and say hello. From the Bay Area, I’m currently a third year student and proud member of the Orfalea College of Business. The business school offers an exciting curriculum, and opportunities to collaborate and build relationships with like-minded peers. Right now, I’m a member of “The Hatchery,” where I’ve assessed and progressed a venture I\'m experimenting with “Klip,” an educational investing app for beginners. I\'m also eager to begin the new Cal Poly Sales Club, a club I\'m organizing, once on-campus activity returns. My entrepreneurial inclination took traction in grade-school. Since then, direct-sales has always been a part of my life. Discovering the pride from making an honest profit fueled my eagerness to explore different markets. Ventures of my own refined my sales process & emphasized the importance of integrity and consistency. Finally, a direct-sales role selling solar in the East Bay Area allowed me to apply this within a professional setting. My time door-to-door marketing with KOTA energy group tested my outgoing personality and equipped me with confidence in lead-generation. Becoming an expert in solar technology demonstrated how valuable industry-knowledge is to the credibility as well as a strategic approach with homeowners. More importantly, the experience taught me how passionate I can be about a product & how this impacts a sales campaign. Moving forward, I’m eager to explore the IT industry. With businesses operating remotely, there is great need for technology to gather, interpret, and safeguard data. This summer, I hope to intern for a team holding similar values to my own where I can contribute to team goals and successes.