Your Leadership Coach and Advisor
Bringing ops chops to fast-growth startups
2x Head of People
4x Fractional Head of People
Airbnb during $1 → $25B growth (Coach, Ops, L&D)
Startup with 10x in revenue in < 4 years
Coach across fintech, healthcare tech, startups, hospitality, and established tech
While working together, my clients have:
Completed successful fundraising rounds
Navigated significant budget cuts and layoff rounds with minimal collateral damage to the team
Negotiated and transitioned into a CFO role at a post-series-B tech startup
Navigated a career transition from a mid-level role to SVP level at a post-series-B startup (now CMO at a unicorn startup)
Run highly leveraged offsites for maximum connection and focus
Tactfully swapped out key leaders (CEO, CMO) for better org effectiveness
Built org-wide manager capabilities keeping pace with growth
30+
“When I first got to Airbnb, the marketing leadership team need a lot of help in terms of collective understanding of each other, psychological safety, vision and purpose.
Julia worked with me to develop a robust and effective leadership team development program. She led the design of the program and co-facilitated all of my offsites. In a few short months I’m proud to say that the marketing leadership team at Airbnb became one of the most respected in Silicon Valley. Thanks in a huge part to Julia.”
- Jonathan Mildenhall, CMO at Airbnb“I’m a four-time founder and Julia is hands down my favorite partner as Head of People and coach. Her perspective and grounded approach keep us focused on the right things.”
- Founder and CEO“[Julia] creates a supportive and solutions-oriented space […] Change is constant, but often challenging, so I’m glad Julia was in my corner!”
- Danny, startup founder