# Joshua Tillman

> Joshua Tillman is the founder and former CEO of Conquer, the enterprise sales engagement company previously called DialSource. His early telephony project began at UC Davis in 2005; the business developed CRM-native calling and automation tools for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics and adopted the Conquer name in 2021.

- **Role:** Founder and former CEO at Conquer
- **Organizations:** Conquer (formerly DialSource)
- **Education:** Economics and political science double major, University of California, Davis
- **Known for:** Sacramento Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree in 2016., Founded the company that became Conquer., DialSource was recognized on Red Herring’s Global Top 100 list in 2015.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Began the UC Davis telephony project that became DialSource.
- **2007** — UC Davis’s alumni profile dates the creation of DialSource as a company to 2007.
- **2009** — DialSource launched its flagship CRM-native product.
- **2016** — Received Sacramento Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 recognition.
- **2019** — Recruited former HPE executive Lars Fredrick Wold as senior vice president of sales during the move toward enterprise customers.
- **2020** — Camden Partners announced a $10 million investment round in DialSource in January.
- **2021** — Led the company during its change from DialSource to Conquer and expansion into omnichannel engagement.

## Achievements

- Sacramento Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree in 2016.
- Founded the company that became Conquer.
- DialSource was recognized on Red Herring’s Global Top 100 list in 2015.
- DialSource Denali received a Business Intelligence Group Product of the Year award in 2016.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Company context: Conquer’s January 27 Voice Plus launch article identifies Greg Moran as CEO, confirming that Tillman’s CEO title is historical.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuatillman

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Last updated: 2026-10-20