Julie's Coaching Offerings

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Julie’s Executive Coaching Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Executive

20+ people coached for Executive Coaching

Julie has helped clients get into these companies:

I am a senior technology and cybersecurity executive with over 20 years of experience advising boards, executives, and regulators across federal and state government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. My executive coaching work focuses on senior IT and cybersecurity leaders navigating board expectations, regulatory scrutiny, complex stakeholder environments, and high-stakes decision making. Engagements are advisory in nature and centered on executive judgment, prioritization, and decision quality. Work is scoped to leaders already operating in senior roles with accountability for outcomes.

Julie can help with:

Decision Making

Strategy

Communication Skills

Strategic Planning

Board Relations

Team Management

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Why do I coach?

I coach because leadership in IT and cybersecurity is often learned under pressure, and many capable leaders step into high-stakes roles without a trusted sounding board. Technical skill alone is insufficient at senior levels. What differentiates effective leaders is judgment, prioritization, and the ability to operate in complex environments with incomplete information. My role is to help leaders think clearly, make defensible decisions that advance business goals and objectives, and protect credibility under scrutiny.

Work Experience

Executive Member

DDN

October 2025 - Present

Build digital transformation and cybersecurity capabilities in corporate boardrooms. Partner with organizations to capitalize on opportunities to drive business value using emerging technologies. {e.g., GenAI, ML, RPA, ZTA, Quantum resistant cryptography, Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)}. Provide governance frameworks for managing systemic risks in digital technologies.

Content Developer & Facilitator (Contract)

Cyber Leadership Institute

September 2025 - Present

Develop course content and facilitating virtual learning sessions for a global cybersecurity training institute serving 5,000+ professionals across 60+ countries, with a strong focus on training CISOs and other cyber leaders on a path to c-suite executive roles, to position the organization for enhanced market penetration in North American enterprise markets.

vCISO (Contract)

BD Emerson

August 2025 - Present

Federal Practice Lead: FedRAMP, CMMC

Principal and CEO

ResilientTech Advisors

November 2024 - Present

Hiring Manager

Cybersecurity & Technology Risk – Helping organizations reduce risk, strengthen cybersecurity programs, and align security initiatives with business and mission goals. AI & Emerging Tech Governance – Supporting the safe, strategic adoption of artificial intelligence and advanced technologies, with a focus on operational readiness, accountability, and impact What we stand for: Clarity over jargon. Substance over spin. Integrity, always. Clients include: -A multinational cybersecurity training provider -An international $54B pharmaceutical company -A national critical healthcare infrastructure organization -A multi-agency government client with $87B in public funds -A billion-dollar national security services provider

Founder & CEO

CyberPath Coaching

November 2024 - Present

Personalized guidance for breaking into cyber and advancing your cyber career. Mock interviews, resume review, and career planning.

Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for Finance (Contract)

Commonwealth of Virgnia

March 2025 - August 2025

Served as a strategic advisor and leader driving cybersecurity risk reduction strategy and execution across Virginia’s Finance Agencies during a pivotal transition period. Partnered directly with Cabinet Secretaries, State Finance Agency Heads, and State Finance Agency CIO/ISO leadership to align 11 enterprise-level risks with strategic risk reduction objectives, prioritized workstreams, and deliver measurable outcomes. Drove implementation across decentralized environments by embedding governance structures, surfacing actionable metrics, and ensuring visible progress in a complex political landscape for the protection and oversight of public-sector operations tied to Virginia’s $87.5 billion FY 2025 budget.

Chief Information Security Officer

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

May 2024 - November 2024

Hiring Manager

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for a for-profit subsidiary of CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield serving ~ 70% of the 8.3 million Federal Employee healthcare market. Currently evolving operational efficiencies and risk capabilities for the enterprise. Implemented AI-driven solutions to enhance security and compliance, operational efficiency, product resilience, stakeholder trust, and user experiences in collaboration with business and technology peers.

CISO - Crisis Management Project

United Network for Organ Sharing

October 2023 - March 2024

Hiring Manager

Assumed a 6-month leadership role to drive crisis recovery. Enabled business expansion through technology enablement for reliable and secure network and data access overseas. Evolved crisis management, incident response processes, and internal and external communication to restore stakeholder trust. Built future ready cybersecurity, governance, and risk capabilities. Achieved readiness for HITRUST certification.

Associate Partner

McKinsey & Company

April 2022 - October 2023

Hiring Manager

Delivered technology transformation strategies and initiatives for Fortune 100 clients to enhance operational resilience and customer growth potential for clients in highly regulated industries (pharmaceuticals, healthcare, government).

Senior Director

GSK

May 2021 - March 2022

Hiring Manager

Led a 12-month strategic initiative to enable the GSK Consumer Health (CH) and GSK Biopharma de-merger, completed in under a year. Delivered a multi-year strategic cybersecurity roadmap focusing on people, processes, and technology to enable the digitization of CH’s critical manufacturing infrastructure and network in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other key international locations. Ensured CH could operate independently with robust and scalable cybersecurity capabilities, governance, and threat intelligence.

Cyber Risk Manager

Deloitte

January 2019 - March 2021

Hiring Manager

Improved operational efficiency, reduced risk, and strengthened security posture for federal clients.

Progressive Leadership Roles

Federal Bureau of Investigation

January 2006 - January 2019

Hiring Manager

Aligned federal technology programs with national security objectives, increased cross-agency collaboration, and reduced enterprise risk for the FBI. Digitized all FBI informant files.

Hospital Corpsman - MLT

US Navy

October 1993 - October 2002

Advanced Medical Lab. Fire fighting - USNS Comfort.

Julie was also given offers to work at

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  Microsoft

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  KPMG

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  Lumen Technologies

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Advanced Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate, Strategic Risk Management

Strategic Planning, Business Strategy and +12 skills

Strayer College

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, Minor: Acquisition

Operational Excellence, Global Strategy and +3 skills

George Washington University

Associates, Science

Medical Laboratory Science and Technology Program