Specializations
- Organizational Transformation
- Technology Leadership
- AI Strategy
Courses
- - Special Topics In Information Management
Biography
Julie Averill is a Lecturer at the University of Washington Information School, where she teaches IMT 598: Leading Transformation. She is CEO of Gold Thread LLC and a former Global CIO and EVP at lululemon, where she led technology strategy and operations as the company scaled from $2B to over $10B in revenue. She is a Forbes contributor, board member at INDOCHINO and Gorilla Commerce, and the author of Chief Impact Officer (8080 Books/Simon & Schuster, June 2026). Her work focuses on how leaders navigate technology-driven transformation, organizational change, and the intersection of culture and competitive strategy.
Education
- MBA, University of Washington
- Certificate, Making Corporate Boards More Effective, Harvard University
- Certificate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Stanford University
- BA, Computer Science, Seattle Pacific University