Julian is an operations-driven strategist and venture advisor with over a decade of experience helping technology and infrastructure-adjacent companies scale through complexity—with early formative training as one of the final research assistants to world-renowned physicist Dr. Arthur H. Rosenfeld, the “Godfather of Energy Efficiency,” at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He specializes in building the people, systems, and operating discipline required to move from early growth to durable, institution-ready execution. He is a Co-Founder of T4G Capital, where he supports founders and investors with organizational design, talent strategy, and execution readiness, often serving as the connective operator between vision, capital, and delivery. Julian has led high-impact recruiting and operational initiatives at cLabs (Celo blockchain), Aurora Innovation, MasterClass, Slack, and LinkedIn, working directly with founders, CEOs, CTOs, and executive teams during periods of rapid scale.
Selected achievements include:
cLabs / Celo (backed by a16z, Polychain, Reid Hoffman, Naval Ravikant): Led engineering, product, and design recruiting across the Americas; hired 45 employees globally; implemented a company-wide diversity hiring program; and managed end-to-end executive recruiting for the Chief Product Officer, VP of Developer Relations, Director of Engineering, and Head of Support.
Aurora Innovation (autonomous driving): Exceeded hiring plan by recruiting 50+ employees, helping scale the company from ~160 to 400+ employees in 17 months; partnered with the CEO, CFO, COO, and CMO to build eight operational teams from scratch while supporting critical AI and software engineering hires.
Slack (Product Org, via BloomBright): Identified and qualified 150+ candidates for high-priority roles, contributing to the hiring of a Senior Product Manager, Senior Data Scientist, and Partner Engineering Lead in under five months.
MasterClass: Built the recruiting function from 0–1, hired and managed recruiting staff, implemented the coMore...