JOSH
CHAUVET

ABOUT JOSH

Creative thinking.
Operator’s instinct.

Josh Chauvet portraitJOSH CHAUVET / RENO, NEVADA

I’ve built my career
where ideas meet execution.

From professional snowboarding to resort leadership, agency ownership and hands-on product development, I’ve always been drawn to making things work better.

My career started at Snow Summit. I grew up competing in USASA snowboarding events and turned that experience into a professional snowboarding career while living in Big Bear. Wanting better jumps and a stronger terrain park, I began operating snowcats in the evenings and helping build the park.

After two years at Snow Summit, I was recruited to create a terrain park program at Snow Valley. I spent the next couple of years developing the program and learning how marketing could bring the mountain experience to a wider audience.

That work led to Mammoth Mountain—a major step up in scale and opportunity. I gradually stepped back from professional competition to focus on building the terrain park and action sports program, later expanding into brand and guest experience work. That foundation still shapes how I approach a business: understand the people, learn the operation and connect the details.

As a co-owner of Snow Park Technologies, I worked across resort consulting, global events, partnerships and product development. At MRD Creative Agency, I applied that same perspective to brands, digital experiences and commerce.

I also built Reno Repairs from the ground up, developing the marketing that brings in customers, the operation behind the service and a custom app used by the team. It is a practical foundation for the work I now do through Minus One.

Today, that experience comes together in Minus One, where I focus on simpler operations, connected systems and practical AI, and Sunset Motor Co., the next chapter of my electric motorcycle work at Electric Cycle Works.

Whether I’m working on an operational dashboard, a customer experience or a physical product, the goal is the same: turn a good idea into something useful.

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WHERE IT STARTED

An outdoor life.
A lasting curiosity.

I grew up at Catalina Island Marine Institute, surrounded by the ocean and the rugged interior of Catalina Island. My childhood was spent exploring—mountain biking, hiking, playing in the water and discovering parts of the island most people never get to experience. That freedom sparked a lifelong passion for the outdoors.

In seventh grade, we moved to Lake Arrowhead, California, where I discovered snowboarding. What began as a passion became the start of my professional career.

Still finding my way outside.

Cycling has been a constant throughout my life—and remains my biggest passion and physical outlet. After years of mountain biking, I took up road cycling when I moved to San Francisco, and more recently added gravel riding. I still compete occasionally, but riding is also how I explore, challenge myself and stay connected to the outdoors.

THE THROUGH LINE

A career in motion.

From the mountain to the businesses I’m building today. Several roles overlapped.

Early career

Snow Summit / Big Bear

USASA competition → professional snowboarding · Two years building terrain parks

Before Mammoth

Snow Valley

Recruited to develop the terrain park program · Marketing & operations

1997–2003

Mammoth Mountain

Terrain parks & action sports leadership

2003–2006

Snow Park Technologies / Northstar

Co-ownership & brand management

2006–2009

Nikita Clothing

Marketing & sponsorships

2009–2010

Mountain High Resort

Action sports & grooming direction

2010–2012

Mammoth Mountain

Brand management & guest experience

2012–2018

Snow Park Technologies

Resort division & creative direction

From 2018

MRD Creative Agency

Co-founder · Brand, marketing & commerce

Current business

Reno Repairs

Founder · Marketing, operations & custom app development

Current venture

Sunset Motor Co. / Electric Cycle Works

Electric motorcycles · Design, fabrication & brand

Current venture

Minus One

Business strategy · Connected systems & practical AI

WHAT I BRING

Brand strategy.

Marketing & partnerships.

Operations & teams.

Products & useful systems.

IN GOOD COMPANY

“Over the years he has constantly been one of my favorites to work with.”

Mark Powell
Executive Creative Director, Incipio Group