Julia Fournier

Julia Fournier

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Ottawa, Ontario

Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategist | Leadership and Transformation Expert

  • Expertise
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Business Leadership
  • Leadership and Change
  • Business Technology
  • Emerging Technology & Tech Trends
  • Operational Process Improvement
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Organizational Leadership

JULIA FOURNIER BIOGRAPHY

Julia Fournier is an accomplished Canadian entrepreneur with more than 35 years of experience guiding large-scale operational, workforce, and technology initiatives. Her career reflects a long-standing commitment to innovation, disciplined leadership, and measurable organizational improvement.

Her work began in the staffing sector, where Julia Fournier advanced into senior responsibilities focused on national service delivery and workforce solutions. She gained early recognition for building high-volume operational models that supported major North American organizations.

In her early career, Julia Fournier was asked to design service capabilities for large call centre environments, which positioned her as a trusted leader in complex workforce structures. Her ability to interpret operational requirements and build scalable solutions accelerated her advancement into global executive responsibilities.

During this period, Julia Fournier developed significant expertise in workforce optimization, customer operations, and enterprise process efficiency. These experiences created the foundation for her later work in technology-driven transformation.

As vendor management technology emerged in the early 2000s, Julia Fournier became one of the earliest experts in the field. She helped organizations understand how automation, procurement workflows, and vendor orchestration could streamline operations.

Her insight supported many companies in shaping the early roadmaps that later evolved into widely adopted workforce procurement systems. Julia Fournier’s contributions positioned her as a leading voice in the integration of technology into workforce strategy.

In the following years, Julia Fournier founded and scaled several business service organizations that reached more than one hundred million dollars in annual revenue. Her leadership guided thousands of contractors, national teams, and cross-border operations.

Her business growth was driven by strong capabilities in operational improvement, customer relationship strategy, and large-scale workforce management. These skills supported long-term success and national visibility across the business community.

After successfully exiting her organizations in 2022, Julia Fournier expanded her focus to AI, mental health, and workforce transformation. Her current work examines how Artificial Intelligence improves productivity, decision-making, and organizational efficiency.

Julia Fournier applies hands-on experience to help leaders understand current AI trends, emerging risks, and the skills needed for future-ready business environments. She provides practical insight into how AI enhances both individual capabilities and enterprise performance.

Her speaking work also addresses resilience, leadership adversity, and the realities of navigating professional challenges. As a single mother and founder, Julia Fournier offers a direct perspective on balancing responsibility while maintaining long-term strategic focus.

Her lived experience includes overcoming burnout and leading through personal and operational pressure. These themes resonate with audiences seeking grounded, experience-based guidance.

Julia Fournier has earned significant recognition for her entrepreneurial achievements, including the Sarah Kirke Award and the Enterprising Woman of the Year Award in the over one hundred million dollar category. These honours highlight her leadership, innovation, and industry impact.

Today, Julia Fournier continues to advise on AI, workforce change, and business transformation. Her work supports organizations preparing for technological disruption and evolving talent requirements.

Through her speaking, consulting, and advisory roles, Julia Fournier helps leaders build clarity, resilience, and strategic confidence in a rapidly changing landscape. Her career demonstrates a consistent ability to navigate complexity while delivering long-term results.

 

Julia Fournier Topic Presentations

Julia Fournier Ottawa, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Strengthening Customer Relationships Through Ai-powered Innovations

Scaling the Future: Building Business Efficiency Through Ethical AI

Innovating for Market Share: Strategies for Business Growth

Inno-visionary Actions

Design Thinking & Strategic Transformation in the Age of Digital Disruption

Leveraging AI for Enhanced Sales & Customer Experiences

Leadership & Change: Building Resilient Organizations in Uncertainty

Ethical AI: Risks Vs Rewards

Successful Entrepreneurs Build Companies

Balancing Act: Overcoming Burnout and Enhancing Mental Health for Optimal Performance

Julia Fournier Speaking Testimonials

Julia knows the MSP and VMS market extremely well. Her belief in vendor neutral MSP programs to manage contingent labor as the way forward is a strong, customer focused approach, and I appreciate her professionalism and expertise. Julia knows the MSP and VMS market extremely well. Her belief in vendor neutral MSP programs to manage contingent labor as the way forward is a strong, customer focused approach, and I appreciate her professionalism and expertise.  

JP Gooch

Global Product Leader and Operations Manager
Global Consulting - Operations, Product, Partnerships

For the last six and a half years, it’s been a real honour to work for and be mentored by Julia Fournier. I began working for her when I had just graduated from university and the first thing that struck me about her was her remarkable ability to motivate those around her to get the job done through her contagious enthusiasm and dedication to her clients & employees. The business environment in which we operate can be challenging at times, but what makes Julia a great leader is the fact that regardless of the challenges encountered, her vision remains clear and her commitment towards achieving any goals set never falters. Despite her busy schedule and the fact that her employees work...

Sarah Di Tosto

Head of Program Success
NAMER & LAC at SAP Fieldglass

When I got a call in mid 2006 from an ex-colleague who said she had been trying to locate me to talk to me about an opportunity with a company she had formed, I knew that I had to explore it. At the time, I was not looking towards a drastic change, but the enthusiasm in her voice when she spoke to me compelled me to travel to Ottawa and meet with her in the Ottawa office. It was not long before I was entrenched in the position that I hold today- Director of Client Services, at HCMworks. Rosalyn Carter said: “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be! Julia Fournier has a unique ability to take people...

Phil Reid

VMS / MSP Expert

I worked with Julia through the work she performed while at HCM – a procurement specialist. My experience has always been a positive one – Julia is strong, knowledgeable and solution driven. With continuous demands on achieving a competitive cost structure Julia took this objective as her personal mandate and consistently sought to find new ways of helping our team succeed. Certainly, Julia would be a strong asset to any team and I am happy to recommend her.  

Deborah Therien, CPA

Director of Finance/Controller Directrice de finances/Controlleur

Julia has continuously demonstrated great leadership, category mastery and stewardship in not only advancing the projects for our organization but also creating a very beneficial outcome for all stakeholders – the internal clients, the suppliers, the Procurement organization and the Organization as a whole.  

Jean Bigaouette

Vice President, Procurement
Agropur

Julia is highly knowledgeable, trustworthy, has high integrity and is tremendously dedicated to her clients. She and HCM Works are at the forefront of the industry in Managed Services Providers and Services Procurement. As a client, I would trust her with my life because as a consultant, she was tough as nails on us solution providers, yet open-minded to all alternatives, to deliver the best output to her clients, which impressed me the most about her. She’s top-notch. I would recommend her to anyone.  

Stephan Bisson

National Sales Manager, US
3E

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