
⬇️ AREAS OF EXPERTISE
⭐ Revenue growth in regulated markets
Sales, marketing, CS, and RevOps leadership advisory; training
Business assessment; Messaging and positioning; Competitive differentiation
Pipeline and revenue planning; large contract acquisition
Public sector-focused revenue generation; RFx opportunities
🚦 Startup advisory
Fundraising content review and investor alignment
Messaging and positioning; competitive differentiation
Revenue planning, GTM hiring and management; sales training
Product-market fit review
🏆 Leadership development
GTM team building, aligning incentives, and compensation
Management consulting
Board, investor, team communications
Performance management
🌎 International market growth
New market assessment advisory
Entry barriers discovery
International competitive advantage
Ranked target countries for entry
Biography and Credentials
Josh Ellars is Managing Partner of Fossa Group. He also currently leads as CEO of OpenGTM.
Prior to launching OpenGTM, Josh led marketing, enablement, and proposals at OpenGov – the leader in enterprise cloud solutions for government and one of the fastest-growing companies in gov tech.
Prior to OpenGov, Josh directed the government business at Decision Lens and launched the State and Local Government businesses at Qualtrics and Metalogix.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Brigham Young University.