Julia Fournier

Julia Fournier

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Ottawa, Ontario

Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategist | Leadership and Transformation Expert

  • Videos
  • Expertise
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Business Leadership
  • Leadership and Change
  • Business Technology
  • Tech Trends
  • Process & Systems
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Organizational Leadership

JULIA FOURNIER BIOGRAPHY

Julia Fournier is a visionary leader and a fierce advocate for immediate change in mental health and other pressing issues that can be solved with AI and global collaboration. Fournier is an accomplished and successful entrepreneur that has built four reputable long-standing entities.  With over 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship and innovation, Julia Fournier has founded and scaled multiple businesses that surpassed $100 million in revenue, earning her prestigious awards and recognition in the industry.

Julia Founier is passionate about empowering people to overcome their challenges and achieve their full potential, as she has done in her own remarkable personal and professional journey. Julia is also a proud single mother, a fitness enthusiast, and a lifelong learner who holds diplomas from Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan Executive Education.

As the Chief Executive Officer of Sheila Grace Fournier Foundation, a company she founded in 2024, Julia Fournier leverages her extensive expertise in manufacturing process improvement, customer relationship management, and membership building to create impactful solutions using behavioral AI.

Julia Fournier began her career in the staffing industry with Adecco. She was given the opportunity to build a service solution in the call center industry in Canada, which was called Staffmax. Staffmax became one of the largest Adecco brands, winning AT&T Solutions customer care. She then worked with leadership directly, including the Global CEO Philippe Destezez, and became the youngest member of the global executive team at 26.

In her role as GM Call Center Services, Julia Fournier was responsible for the rollout and management of the world’s largest call centers, including IBM, AT&T, Bank of Montreal, Eddie Bauer, and Nike. She left that position to pursue IVF and worked at Kelly Services in a National Sales position, supporting global and North American clients and the Toronto branch operations. IVF was successful after three attempts, and she had twins.

In 2002, Julia Fournier started working in vendor management technology with White Amber, one of the earliest companies in that space. Juilia Fournier became one of the earliest experts in the industry in North America, using her global staffing experience to help many companies build their roadmap. Today, that technology is used by hundreds of companies known as Fieldglass, Beeline, and PeopleClick.

In 2004, Julia Fournier founded HCMWorks, and in 2006, she founded Payment Services Corporation. Combined, these companies achieved $150 million in annual revenue. She built the company to 5000 contractors and a permanent headcount of 50 people with offices in Ottawa, Montreal, and NYC. She exited the role and business in 2022 and is now starting several ventures in AI and IT, including Pinchitter, an AI consulting firm dedicated to helping companies envision future uses of AI.

Julia Fournier is the recipient of the prestigious EY-RBC Sarah Kirke award for entrepreneurship and the Enterprising Woman of the Year award, one of only six in the over $100 million revenue category. Drawing from her extensive experience, she illustrates how AI can transform business processes, enhance productivity, and drive innovation.

A graduate of MIT in Artificial Intelligence, Julia Fournier shared by julia fournier speaks about how to use AI to enhance and grow your skills and business. With hands-on experience, she shares the current trends shaping the markets and how to prepare for the future of business. Julia Fournier discusses the integration of Artificial Intelligence and how organizations and their people can adapt to leverage AI in their everyday work.

Julia Fournier also speaks about resilience and business strategy as an accomplished entrepreneur of several business services companies. She shares her experiences overcoming the challenges of being a woman CEO and facing significant adversity as a business owner and founder. Julia Fournier talks about her ability to navigate challenging situations with perseverance and resilience.

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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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