Know who you're working with — before it matters.
CredentialClear gives businesses a faster, more reliable way to verify contractor credentials, manage vendor relationships, and stay ahead of compliance risk — without the manual research.
Our Mission
To make credential verification a structured, repeatable function — not an ad-hoc process dependent on whoever happens to ask. We connect to authoritative sources so your team gets accurate, defensible answers fast.
Our Vision
A world where businesses can trust who they hire — because verification is easy, continuous, and tied to real data rather than self-reported documents.
The problem we solve
Verifying that a contractor, vendor, or service provider holds the right credentials is harder than it should be. State databases are fragmented, searches are one-at-a-time, and results require manual interpretation.
Most teams end up relying on self-reported documentation — certificates, license copies, or verbal confirmation — with no easy way to verify accuracy or catch changes over time.
CredentialClear connects directly to state licensing registries, surfaces Google reviews and public violation records, and gives your team a single place to manage what you know about every contractor relationship.
What Drives Us
These principles shape every feature we build and every decision we make.
Defensibility
Every verification is traceable to an authoritative source — with timestamps and a clear record your team can stand behind.
Consistency
Same process, same criteria, same output — regardless of who runs the check or when.
Speed
Replace manual lookups and email chains with structured checks that return results in seconds.
Proactive Monitoring
Know about expirations, status changes, and emerging concerns before they create risk — not after.
Meet Josh Gilliam
Josh Gilliam is the founder of CredentialClear. With an extensive career supporting highly regulated and accredited industries — combined with deep experience in B2B/B2C SaaS and Product Management — the result is a platform designed with the customer in mind.
Prior to CredentialClear, Josh served as VP of Commercial Product at Vector Solutions and VP of Product and GTM Strategy at Sign In Solutions.
Josh holds a Master's in Business Strategy from Harvard University and a Master's in Instructional Systems Design from the University of South Alabama. He lives with his family just outside of Boston, MA.