Julien Brault

Julien Brault has had a diverse and accomplished career in the media and finance industries. In 2017, they became the CEO and co-founder of Hardbacon, a financial technology firm, and has since raised over a million dollars and secured strategic partnerships with Canadian financial institutions. Prior to that, they were the Director of Growth for Ferst Capital Partners in 2016, a Journalist for Les Affaires from 2012-2011, a Web and Social Media Specialist for Air Canada Vacations in 2011, a Chief Editor for Livre d'ici in 2006, a Freelance Journalist in 2004, and an Editor for Amérik Média in 2006.

Julien Brault has a varied educational background. In 2014, they completed the Canadian Securities Course from the Canadian Securities Institute and a MOOC from NovoEd - Stanford University in Technology Entrepreneurship. In 2015, they attended DecodeMTL for Computer Science, and received Coursera Verified Certificates for The Data Scientist’s Toolbox, Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship, Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics and Finance de la jeune entreprise : Financer une nouvelle affaire pour les entrepreneurs. In 2016, they completed a Full Stack Web Development Certification from freeCodeCamp, and obtained Social Media Marketing Certification from Hootsuite Media Inc., The Importance of Listening, HTML, CSS and JavaScript and What is Social? from Coursera Course Certificates, and Google Analytics Certification and Inbound Certification from Google and HubSpot, respectively.