Joseph Kim

CEO, Druid AI | Board Member | Investor

Austin, Texas, United States

About

Joseph Kim is currently the President & CEO of Druid AI, an AI-native company that provide Conversational and Autonomous Agents for over 350 Enterprises. He has over 25 years of experience as an operating executive in the AI, Application, Infrastructure and Security industries - such as General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Citrix and Sumo Logic. Joseph was also part of teams responsible for the successful exits totally over $30B in transactions. Joseph is passionate about helping customers address complex challenges through the delivery of powerful innovations and technologies. He is also an expert in technology and process standards, as well as various industry verticals, bringing a unique 360-degree perspective that aligns development and engineering vision and strategies to advance corporate business objectives. Joseph also serves on the Board of Directors for SmartBear, Andela and Talent Neuron. Specialties: board of directors, general management, strategy, CxO operating executive (CEO, CPO, CTO, CIO, CISO), business operations, enterprise technology and services

Experience

  • Druid AI (11 mos)
    • Chief Executive Officer
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    • Member Board of Directors
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Member Board of Directors at SmartBear
    Aug 2018 - Present · 8 yrs

    SmartBear is a global software company that provides comprehensive solutions for developers and software quality individuals to improve software development efficiency and ensure the reliability of their applications. Today, over 16 million developers and 32,000+ organizations rely on SmarBear to build their digital services. SmartBear is backed by Francisco Partners and Vista Equity Partners.

  • Member Board of Directors at Andela
    Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    Andela is a global talent marketplace that helps to connect companies with highly-skilled technology talent across the globe. Today, some of the world's most well known companies like GitHub, Cloudflare, and ViacomCBS utilize Andela to scale their teams. Andela is backed by investors including SoftBank, Whale Rock, Generation Investment Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Spark Capital, and Google Ventures.

  • Member Board of Directors at TalentNeuron
    Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    TalentNeuron is a global software company that provides industry leading software and services that drive workforce transformation for some of the best companies in the world. Utilizing their sophisticated market insights that cover 90% of the world’s GDP - the AI and ML-based features can help you continuously maximize the talent in your organization. TalentNeuron is backed by Leeds Equity Partners.

  • Member of Innovation Advisory Council at Vation Ventures
    Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos