Understand the problem, agree on the direction, ship in small steps, and learn from what happens.
Product owner · Privacy-enhancing technology
Josh Bolton Product owner at Roseman Labs.
I work on privacy-enhancing technology in Utrecht, taking products from customer research to release. I also design and build my own iPhone apps.
Scroll(00) Approach
I help teams turn unclear problems into products they can ship.
Most product work starts with competing priorities and incomplete information. I talk to customers, work through the trade-offs with engineering and sales, and turn it into a clear direction the team agrees on.
(01) Work
Selected work
Apps I have designed and built myself, from the first idea to release.
Receipt
A private journal that turns everyday moments into receipt-style keepsakes.
Motivator
A voice running coach that talks you through each run and reacts to how it is going.
BeerShelf
A personal shelf for the beers and ciders you have tried, with tasting notes and a map.
Radar
Describe a trading setup once, test it on historical data, and get an alert when any market meets it.
Prosper
Small, sustainable actions that help people move forward.
Next project
Currently exploring ideas in AI, privacy, fintech, and deep tech.
(02) Experience
Five years at Roseman Labs
I joined as a strategy intern in 2021 and have since worked in strategy, product design, and now product ownership. Roseman Labs builds privacy-enhancing technology based on multi-party computation.
Product Owner
Responsible for product direction, the roadmap, and the backlog, working closely with engineering, customers, and stakeholders.
Product Designer
Made complex privacy technology easier to understand and adopt through user research, UI design, and technical content.
- Led UI and user testing, market research, tutorials, and documentation to improve usability and adoption.
- Created educational explainers on multi-party computation and secret sharing.
- Developed the company website and supported product work with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Markdown, and reStructuredText.
- Supported team growth by recruiting four colleagues and leading intern onboarding and training.
Contributed to Roseman Labs being named “One to Watch” for AML Data Collaboration at the 2022 Regulation Asia Awards.
Strategy Analyst
Strategy Intern
Academic
Education
University of Amsterdam
BSc Economics and Business Economics
8.1 GPA · First Class Honours equivalentThe British School in the Netherlands
International Baccalaureate and GCSE
IB - 40/45 · GCSE - 10 A*Credentials
Certifications
Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Credential 1270137
Human-Computer Interaction
Foundations of UX Design
UI Design Patterns
Patterns for successful software
API Fundamentals Student Expert
Credential 69037b42d989926288211494
(03) About
Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm a product owner at Roseman Labs in Utrecht. I studied economics at the University of Amsterdam, then worked in strategy and product design before moving into product ownership.
Outside work I design and build iPhone apps. It gives me a place to take ideas from start to finish and keeps my product and design skills sharp.