Julia Austin

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Ms. Julia Austin serves as Board Member at Hiro Systems. Ms. Austin served as Chief Technology Officer at DigitalOcean. She serves as Advisor at LovePop. She served as Advisor at Hydrolix. She serves as Advisor at Help Scout. She was an advisor and investor to early-stage companies, and as a faculty member of Harvard Business School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit where she teaches Product Management. She was previously with VMware for eight years, where she managed the expansion of the engineering organization; from launching their first non-CA-based engineering site in Cambridge, MA, to leading all of VMware's Global R&D initiatives and eventually serving as Vice President of Innovation at VMware. Prior to VMware, she was the VP of Engineering at Akamai. She has successfully led large organizations in technical positions, partnered with entrepreneurs to help start and scale technology companies, and serves as a board member, advisor, and AnchorAnchorangel investor who provides leadership coaching with a focus on engineering, process, staffing, and functional operations.