Julia Irwin

Background

About Julia Irwin

AI strategy for people enablement & group collaboration* My 15+ years’ experience combines industry consulting with AI research and university teaching. I’ve partnered with clients like American Express and VISA to build successful partnerships, enable sales & service teams, and create people-focused, actionable automation strategies. I hold a PhD from UC Berkeley where I wrote an award-winning book manuscript showing that the way we’ve historically framed the limits of AI—common sense, care, creative insight—reveals our values about being human and can inform our path toward building and integrating well aligned AI. In the course I currently co-teach at Stanford—on GenAI & Design—I guide students in building their own AI tools to support their creative and intellectual endeavors. Currently I’m focused on co-creating programs—from organizational design to events to individual workflows—that amplify human collaboration. This includes working with the Board of a new international AI nonprofit to architect its governance structure and member acquisition strategy, and overseeing operations for its 700-person conference. Or, leading a research initiative to discover AI best-practice use cases for non-tech industries, focused on governance, evaluation, and employee empowerment. I’m a big-picture thinker who loves to roll up my sleeves and work alongside people to build novel and sustainable programs. I enjoy meeting new people and potential collaborators, so if you’re working in a similar space, please reach out.