A recognized global visionary in eProcurement and spend management, Julien was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of b-pack, which joined Determine, Inc. in 2015, and Corcentric in 2019.

In his role as Determine’s Chief Product Officer and Corcentric SVP of Innovation, Julien’s focus is to create innovative technologies in strategic sourcing, supplier management, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash and contract management for customers. He is based in Atlanta, GA, and has teams in the US and Europe.

As an acknowledged industry leader, Julien’s impressive career of advanced innovations includes designing and implementing solutions at leading companies in the US, Europe and Asia. He designed the Determine Cloud Platform, which seamlessly integrates the full suite of modular source-to-pay and contract management solutions. He now concentrates on experimenting and implementing new ideas leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain.

Prior to founding b-pack, Julien was a product manager at Schneider Electric, responsible for the design of a new generation of nuclear safety software that is now used in almost every nuclear power generating station in the world.

A highly regarded thought leader and frequent industry speaker, Julien is an active participant in industry associations including Once Connect, CPO Rising, SIG (Sourcing Industry Group), Procurement Leaders, IACCM, Technology Association of Georgia and the French American Conference of Entrepreneurs.

Julien, a French national, has a degree in computer science engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse. He does his best innovative work while kiteboarding, paragliding, biking, or climbing mountains around the globe.