Julia McNamara

For the first 20 years of her career, Julia worked as a "Global Executive" and helped companies grow by expanding into new geographic markets. She successfully exited the startup world twice. After a bad car crash in 2008, she became a licensed therapist. Her work now focuses on Founding Teams and Human Behavior. Currently, she is a CoLecturer of Data and Insights at Columbia University's SPS school.

Highlights include:

- Senior team - Datamonitor - sold to Informa for $1B in 2008.

- Senior team - Messageclick - sold to Verso Technologies in 2000.

- helped set up an internal strategic investment fund for BellSouth - reviewed 100+ business cases and personally helped develop, launch and lead a messaging business.

- lived overseas for 5 years, fluent in German, conversant in Spanish, set up teams in 70 countries.

- wrote the Business Plan for the Bike Lid for CBS Business Plan competition - concept licensed to 1996 US Olympic Bike team. Company later sold to Clearchannel Communications in 1999.

- MBA, Columbia Graduate Business School

- Former Co-President, Ellevate, NY

- Former mentor, Eugene Lang Fund

- Advisor, Nordic Innovation House

- Advisor, Women's Leadership Programs - CBS, Cornell

- Executive Coach, Leadership Labs, Columbia Business School

She leverages her operating experience when working with individuals and teams to improve their leadership skills such as self-mastery and team effectiveness. She utilizes evidence-based coaching techniques drawn from psychology, neuroscience and leadership development.

Her clients are executives from JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, UBS, Google and smaller, more entrepreneurial firms.