Joshua Fox

High-agency national security generalist with experience spanning information operations, cognitive effects and AI-enabled defence technology. At ORB, I have increasingly moved beyond research into helping build and run wAIve as its own business unit, taking ownership across product, commercial direction and operations. I am most motivated by ambiguous problems, and roles where I can move between strategy and execution to build something from the ground up.

Senior Analyst, wAIve Delivery & Business Development at ORB International (2026-01 – Present)

• Co-developed and scaled wAIve, an AI-enabled local FM monitoring capability, from a U.S. defence-funded pilot into a c.US$1.3m annual programme across 15 countries; now lead its three-person team.
• Set product direction around government mission requirements, working directly with developers to prioritise development and improve AI-enabled transcription, translation, classification and analysis through user feedback and quality assurance.
• Developed wAIve as an information-environment capability, using local broadcast data to surface state-sponsored narratives, extremist messaging and misinformation that can sit outside conventional digital monitoring.
• Own much of the commercial strategy, including pricing, scoping and proposals; have won new work and expanded the capability beyond defence into humanitarian and public-health applications.
• Oversee the business unit's P&L and internal operations, building scalable processes across deployment, suppliers, client onboarding and commercial tracking as the programme has grown.
• Manage senior government users from demonstrations and onboarding through live delivery, translating operational requirements into product priorities and identifying opportunities for further work.

Research Executive, Africa & wAIve at ORB International (2024-03 – 2025-12)

• Led primary and secondary research feeding directly into information operations and target-audience analysis for a major defence customer, applying the Hierarchy of Psychological Effects Model (HPEM) to assess how narratives could influence attitudes, intent and behaviour.
• Combined quantitative and qualitative research, media monitoring and OSINT to understand complex information environments, including state-sponsored narratives, misinformation and influence activity.
• Analysed extremist communications in the Sahel, including how groups used religious narratives to build legitimacy and influence local audiences.

Client Management Associate at Coleman Research/VisasQ (2023-03 – 2024-03)

• Managed time-sensitive research requests from institutional investors, strategy consultants and corporate clients, helping them access expert insight across emerging markets, infrastructure, technology and industrial sectors.
• Coordinated multiple live client projects simultaneously, balancing speed, relevance, compliance and quality in a high-pressure commercial environment.

Executive Search Consultant at Harper Harrison (2022-09 – 2022-03)

• Delivered market intelligence and business development across infrastructure and technology markets, generating approximately US$150k in new business within six months.

Co-founder at Freedom 35 & The Hip Hop Society & Into the Wild (2019-01 – Present)

• Founded and scaled three events companies, organising 20+ events across four cities with up to 500 attendees per event. Total Revenue across two years ~£50k, with £7k raised for YoungMindsUK.

BA in History – University of Bristol (2019-01 – 2022-01)

Advanced Certificate in Market & Social Research Practice – MRS (2025-01)

A Level in Geography, History, Maths; AS Level: EPQ – The Manchester Grammar School (2012-01 – 2019-01)

IGSCE in General Education – The Manchester Grammar School