Joe Chiarella is a seasoned high-tech startup visionary, product strategist, architect, and manager who leverages his skills and expertise to help executives achieve more by aligning themselves with their companies. As the founder of Strategic Focus Alignment, LLC, he has established himself as an executive advisor, consultant, and polymath. Joe's background includes studying entrepreneurship, leadership, and physics at various renowned institutions. Further, he is a published author, philanthropist, and passionate stone sculptor, who has studied Marble Carving Institute, Pietrasanta, Italy, and Pennsylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts.

Throughout his career, he has founded or co-founded several first-mover startups that have driven product strategy, architecture, and management from zero to 300+ million users. This led to lifetime revenues of near $1B and two successful exits worth mid-high 8 figures and 4x+ return for investors. Among his highlighted achievements, he was instrumental in envisioning, architecting, and leading the development of a strategic, high-volume, and high-velocity closed-loop big-data collection, analysis, and business intelligence reporting engine that supports most other products for a global cybersecurity software company.

Joe's expertise lies in advising and consulting countless executives in various types of companies, from startup to lifestyle to enterprise. In this regard, he has helped several such companies turn around or pivot, resulting in more successful business and/or exits for their owners. Some of the notable organizations that Joe has worked with include University of Maryland, Harrisburg University, The Hershey Company, and AVG Technologies, among others.