Executive Bio
Jere C. Julian, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer · Chief Information & Data Officer (CIDO)
Operations and technology executive with 30+ years scaling professional-services and technology organizations — including 34x revenue growth and 12x headcount growth while helping lead Network to Code from a 10-person startup to a Gartner-recognized industry leader.
34x
Revenue growth led, $1M to $34M+
12x
Headcount growth, 10 to 125+ people
$11M
Bookings on largest strategic account, 17 projects
14+ yrs
Board governance & incident-command leadership
Overview
An operator who scales, and a technologist who governs
"Builds and standardizes service delivery, owns enterprise architecture and data/AI governance as a career-long differentiator, and leads globally distributed, cross-functional teams."
Jere Julian is an operations and technology executive who has spent 30+ years scaling professional-services and technology organizations. He helped lead Network to Code from a 10-person, education-focused startup to a 125+ person, Gartner-recognized professional services and product company — growing annual revenue from $1M to more than $34M along the way.
He builds and standardizes service-delivery systems, productizing offerings into repeatable, well-governed models that improve consistency, margin, and time-to-value. Technology and data leadership run alongside that operating career: he owns enterprise architecture and data/AI governance as a career-long differentiator, directing that discipline for a Fortune 100 financial-services client on a multi-year, eight-figure engagement.
Alongside his operating career, Jere brings 14+ years of parallel board governance and incident-command experience — rapid decision-making, training-system design, and adaptive execution under pressure — earned through public-safety board and advisory service. He is a trusted advisor to CEOs, boards, and enterprise clients through periods of growth and transformation.
Core Competencies
- Operations Scaling & Revenue Growth
- Service Delivery & Productization
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Org Design & Talent Development
- Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy
- Data & AI Governance
- Board Governance & Crisis/Incident Leadership
- Cross-Functional & Global Team Leadership
- Change Management
Track Record
Network to Code, 2018 – Present
A non-traditional, rapid path from individual technical contributor to Architecture Manager as the company scaled into a Gartner-recognized industry leader.
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Architecture Manager
2025 – Present
- Leads the Architecture team, driving productization of professional services into repeatable, well-governed offerings that improve delivery consistency, margin, and time-to-value.
- Runs an internal innovation funnel that channels field delivery insight into product roadmap decisions, aligning services strategy with product strategy.
- Launched network automation certification pathways that build market recognition and source an elastic workforce of contractors, partners, and full-time hires.
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Principal Architect
2023 – 2025
- After delegating services-director responsibilities, served as architect of record for the delivery team on the company's largest strategic account — 50 people, 17 projects, and $11 million in bookings.
- Advised client and internal executive leadership on data and AI strategy, shaping how the organization ingests, governs, and operationalizes network and infrastructure data.
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Services Director & Principal Architect (dual role)
2019 – 2023
- Established and led the solution architecture and full delivery organization — 35+ people across 13 consecutive projects — for the company's largest strategic account, a global Fortune 100 financial-services client.
- Directly grew that account from zero to more than $7 million in annual bookings.
- Directed globally distributed, remote-first collaboration practices that let a fully distributed organization execute consistently for enterprise clients across time zones.
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Principal Network Automation Engineer
2018 – 2019
- Joined as an early technical leader; developed community and education programs for network automation, establishing the company as an early industry thought leader.
Earlier Career
Earlier in his career, Jere spent 15 years at Cisco and Arista Networks in network engineering, quality assurance, and professional services roles — including directing the design and delivery of restricted, secure development environments for government-sector programs, and delivering executive-level presentations that translated advanced networking and data-center architecture into enterprise business outcomes.
Board & Governance
Fiduciary, safety, and advisory leadership
A parallel track of governance and risk-oversight experience that runs alongside his operating career.
Board of Directors; Assistant Fire Chief & Safety Officer
Moncure Volunteer Fire Department · 2011 – Present
Participates in budget approval, policy-setting, and personnel decisions for a growing combination career-volunteer public-safety organization. Owns organization-wide safety and risk strategy, including coordination of a multi-agency surface-water rescue team across regional lakes and rivers.
Board & Executive Advisor
AdvisoryCloud · 2025 – Present
Advises startup executive leadership on strategy, technology direction, community engagement, and growth.
Beyond the Org Chart
Personal
An Eagle Scout and longtime Scouting adult leader, Jere also serves his community as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. Outside of work, he's an avid sailor and boater, spending weekends on the water with his family in North Carolina.
Education & Certifications
Michigan State University — Computer Science & Technical Theatre (coursework); left to pursue a full-time career in computer networking.
Fire Officer I & II · NFA Incident Safety Officer · NIMS ICS-300 / ICS-400