Josiah Filler: About Me

…Well what about me do you want to know?

I’m a native of Southern California but have spent significant time living overseas.  I was born the son of  a Filipino pastor and Italian-American mother working as international Christian missionaries in the Netherlands,  so much of my early youth was spent living in Europe and traveling to distant countries.

When my parents divorced during my pre-teen years, I stayed close to my mother’s side of the family, attending middle school and high school in Los Angeles county before getting accepted to UCLA to study International Relations and Spanish. During my undergrad career I also studied international business and marketing  for a semester in Seville, Spain and spent a summer in Washington, DC pursuing an initial interest in Law.

After deciding against a Legal career, I switched focus to Business and after graduation secured an Associate Consultant position in the Los Angeles office of Bain & Company, a top-tier Management Consulting firm. I spent nearly five years as a Bain Consultant, providing my services to large corporate clients in various industries across the country. During this time, I also took a short leave to pursue an externship at a top Software start-up in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Globant homepage) through the Endeavor Corporate Fellowship program.

In April 2011 I wrapped up a ~7 month trip through Asia and Africa to learn about/work in internationally-focused social enterprises and tech start-ups before pursuing my MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. During my trip I partnered with Virtual Mobile Technologies in Cape Town, The Ayllu Initiative, and most recently the Solar Energy Foundation Philippines based in Manila.

I’m currently entering my second year at the Stanford GSB focusing on entrepreneurship and technology. For the summer I am interning at Peek, an exciting new travel activities start-up based in San Francisco and expected to launch in the coming months.

Personally, I love to travel (if that’s not evident already), take pictures, read, write, play basketball, wakeboard, snowboard and spend plenty time with family and friends.