Co-Founder & COO, Initiafy
Biography
Julie Currid is COO and Co-founder of Initiafy, an online contractor management company based in Dublin, with operations in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada.
Julie’s career has centred around workforce management and strategy for nearly 10 years. She started in the safety software world in 2010 and has been exploring the needs of large corporations ever since. Julie founded Initiafy in 2012 with her business partner, Sean Fennell, and together they have built the world-class contractor management platform which now has over 300,000 users and hundreds of global customers, focusing mainly in heavy industry such as renewables, construction, mining and energy. Julie is a part of EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Class of 2018 and is a mentor at BackforBusiness, which highlights Irish and International entrepreneurs. In 2016 Julie won the ‘Women Mean Business’ award for Newcomer of the Year and in 2017 she won the runner-ups prize for the Best Young Entrepreneur in Ireland. With her various roles Julie has worked internationally, mainly in UK and US, and is now based in Dublin, Ireland. Julie’s client base now includes many of the world’s largest renewables, construction, mining, manufacturing and oil & gas companies, including RES, Vestas, Petro- Canada, ESB, Nordex and Gilbane