Julian Guthrie
Founder and CEO/ Alphy™
New York Times Bestselling Author & Keynote Speaker,
Julian Guthrie loves to talk about audacity and moonshot thinking. But she also believes that it is possible to increment your way to success, to move strategically from navigating to pioneering.
She has done just this in her own life, navigating her way from award-winning journalist to NYT best-selling author and keynote speaker to founder & CEO of Alphy, an AI communications compliance company.
ABOUT JULIAN
“A word geek.”
That is how Julian Guthrie describes herself. A love of words, language, and storytelling has taken her from a childhood spent devouring books (and reading the dictionary!) to a 25-year career in daily journalism, where she won numerous awards and had her work nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize. Julian has written five books, two of which are being adapted for television.
Julian has interviewed some of the world’s most successful and interesting people, from Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to Melinda Gates, Marissa Mayer, Christy Turlington, and the late Prof. Stephen Hawking (who wrote the afterword to her third book). Julian has spent years researching how men and women succeed – and it is not the same.
She is now the founder and CEO of Alphy, Reflect AI is a communication compliance integration for Outlook™ and Gmail™ that flags harmful, unlawful, and unethical language before you hit "send.
Julian’s personal story shows how a love of something – whatever it is – can take you far in life. “Going from a little girl who loved to read to journalism to author to the founder of a tech company actually feels like a continuum,” Julian says. “I just took my love, my skills, and pivoted into new mediums. At its core, though, I’m still telling stories.”
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Women in Tech Festival 2019 - Opening Keynote, Julian Guthrie
Talks at Google - Alpha Girls | Julian Guthrie & Sonja Hoel Perkins
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“Julian kindles fires of determination and boldness in us. Her keynote, based on stories of technology pioneers, left us all with a great sense of purpose and a realization that we can change things in Zimbabwe too.” – Knowledge Chikundi, founder, Africa Science Festival
“Julian is a mesmerizing storyteller.” - Ken Auletta, acclaimed author, New Yorker staff writer
“Julian tells the stories of how four extraordinary women navigated the tech industry and, in doing so, shaped the world we live in today.” - Reid Hoffman, cofounder, LinkedIn
“Julian Guthrie is a raconteur of the highest caliber, brimming with passion, wisdom, and wit. She has rare gifts that endear her to audiences ranging from tech-savvy rocket geeks, to business leaders, to artists and poets. Her range is astonishing; a phenomenal storyteller with scintillating stories to share.” – Brian Keating, co-director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC-San Diego
"As the moderator of our diversity and inclusion panel at our annual user conference, Julian brought passion and energy to the discussion that engaged both the speakers and audience. She expertly elicited powerful experiences interwoven with facts for maximum impact. Julian also added her own personal stories naturally into the dialogue. The result was a hard-hitting, impactful session where participants walked away with both tangible learnings and a memorable experience." - Gina Yen, Zuora, Inc.
“Julian Guthrie shows what’s possible for women and girls everywhere by highlighting the stories of groundbreaking women in Silicon Valley.” – Melinda Gates, author, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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The Cost of Words: Navigating the Thin Line Between Harm and Harmony
Building Bridges: Enhancing Interpersonal and Professional Relationships through AI-Enabled Communication
Diminishing Language – Language, Gender, and Power
The Power of Storytelling – Lessons in Contrarian Thinking & Overcoming Adversity
Alpha Girls – True Stories and Strategies of Trailblazing Women