Josh Pineda

Josh Pineda

Co-Founder & CEO, OneNine Innovations

Montreal, QC

Serial entrepreneur and engineering leader who founded his first company at 18, raised pre-seed capital at 20, and was leading a 22-person engineering team at a globally recognized enterprise software company by 22. Today he builds production-grade agentic AI systems at OneNine Innovations and advises founders and executive teams as a fractional CTO on AI strategy, digital infrastructure, and partner-facing technical roadmaps.

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3
Companies founded before 30
$150K
Pre-seed raised at age 20
22
Engineers led at WorkJam
1.4M+
Daily active users
5+
Fortune 500 brand partnerships
10+
Years engineering experience

Career Arc

2024Present

Co-Founded OneNine Innovations

Co-founded OneNine Innovations with Sergio Rueda to build an AI-native development agency with real engineering depth for the mid-market. Building production-grade agentic systems, custom platforms, and intelligent automation for businesses generating $10M+ in revenue across manufacturing, agri-food, construction, maritime logistics, and legal-tech.

2020Age 22

WorkJam: Enterprise Scale

Joined WorkJam, a TIME100 Most Influential Company and world leader in frontline digital workforce orchestration. Rose to Team Lead of the highest-revenue product, leading 22 engineers and co-developing solutions with Apple, Shell, Starbucks, Ulta Beauty, and Circle K. Delivered a platform handling 1.4M+ daily active users.

2018Age 20

Co-Founded Ludex as CTO

Raised $150K in pre-seed funding and led a team of 8 developers to build a real-time competitive gaming platform processing live money transactions. Brought the product to DreamHack Montreal, Ontario, and Atlanta, validating with real users at scale events.

2016Age 18

Founded Creative Students

Launched a web development agency while still a university student, sourcing client contracts and staffing projects with fellow students who earned real income and professional experience. Turned a campus network into a functioning services business.

What Sets Josh Apart

01

Entrepreneurial DNA

Founded his first company at 18, raised capital at 20, led enterprise teams at 22. He does not wait for permission to build.

02

Enterprise Credibility

Five years leading a 22-person engineering team at a TIME100 company, co-developing solutions with Apple, Shell, and Starbucks, delivering software at 1.4M daily users.

03

AI-Native Builder

Building ML systems since Ludex, now architecting production agentic AI systems daily. Leads an AI-native team that ships intelligent software as a default, not an experiment.

Domain Expertise

AI / Machine Learning product developmentProduction agentic AI systemsCloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP)Enterprise software architecture & scaleReal-time data pipelines & telemetryPredictive analytics & intelligent automationMVP & early-stage startup execution

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Software Engineering

Concordia University, Montreal

Computer Science & Mathematics

Vanier College, Montreal

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