Julie Lavergne

Julie Lavergne has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning different roles and industries. Julie is the Owner/Founder and Lead Facilitator, Consultant, and Coach at 8BallClarity, where they focus on increasing critical thinking skills through facilitation services, learning workshops, coaching, and consulting. Julie is also a Facilitator/Consultant at Intersol Group Ltd, working as a "navigation expert" to help groups define and achieve common goals. Additionally, Julie works as an AI Assisted Micro-Coach at Impro.AI, using cognitive methodology to bring about personal and organizational growth.

Prior to these roles, Julie held positions at Kepner-Tregoe as a Facilitator/Coach, providing critical thinking skills training to individuals and teams, and at leap tools as a Fractional Leader/Talent Management Advisor, supporting the development and execution of the People Strategy for an AR eCommerce SaaS company.

Julie's earlier experience includes roles at Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, where they served as Vice President of Organization Development and Executive Director of Organization Development. In these positions, they developed talent management strategies, advised the executive team, and created enterprise risk frameworks. Julie also held leadership positions in Quality Management and Operations Analysis, where they led global quality management system changes and optimized operations through financial analysis and process automation. Additionally, Julie successfully scaled a rapid-growth division as the Director of Manufacturing Operations.

Throughout their career, Julie Lavergne has demonstrated expertise in critical thinking, facilitation, coaching, talent management, risk management, and operations optimization.

Julie Lavergne's education history includes a Master of Engineering degree in Industrial Management and Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, which they completed from 2005 to 2006. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the same university, completing it from 1997 to 2001.

In addition to their formal education, Julie has obtained several certifications. Julie holds a Change Management Practitioner certification from Prosci, which they obtained in November 2021. Julie also has a certification as a Kepner-Tregoe Program Leader in teaching critical thinking skills, but the specific dates of obtaining it are not mentioned. Furthermore, they are currently pursuing an Organization Development Certificate from Queen's University IRC, with no specific dates mentioned.