Julia Austin is a seasoned operator who has served in senior leadership roles at several technology startups including Akamai Technologies, VMware and DigitalOcean in their earliest years. She was on the faculty at Harvard Business School for a decade and was the faculty cochair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. As a certified executive coach, Austin works exclusively with startup founders. She is an angel investor, serves on startup boards, and advises many founders through her work with several accelerators. She has three daughters and lives in New York City.