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I’ve been fortunate to work closely with Julia French of Covered Communications based in San Francisco on PlanHQ over the last 6 weeks, and we’ve really enjoyed getting PlanHQ launched at DEMO, working the other conferences, connecting with loads of new potential customers and setting PlanHQ up for the next stage in growth.

I’m very happy to say that Julia has come on board as VP Marketing to lead our marketing efforts and work with me and the team on the strategic development of the business.

Why Julia is great for PlanHQ customers

Julia has a real passion and commitment to the entrepreneurial community and small business which is a big match for PlanHQ as we’re all about helping make it easier for people to start and grow a remarkable business. Her thinking and ideas have already started to find themselves into the product and our plans which are evolving with people using PlanHQ.

Some Background on Julia

As well as being a very cool person, who speaks fluent German and conversational French, Julia has a unique track record in the web working on both commercial and community efforts; checkout Julias full profile here, or checkout these highlights:

Before starting Covered Communications, Julia was the Director of Marketing at Blue Lithium (now acquired by Yahoo), where she managed media relations and site messaging for a social networking site, MingleNow. Previously, Julia worked at Socialtext, bringing together product management, engineering and sales teams to collaboratively execute strategic projects including the acquisition of WikiCalc and the launch and release of Socialtext Open. Before joining Socialtext, Julia held management and individual contributor positions at LEWIS PR, Trainer Communications, Amazon, and IDB Network (now Deal Maker Media).

Julia is a member of the leading blogger group within enterprise/Office 2.0 “The Enterprise Irregulars.” She was one of the creators of the Office 2.0 conference, the first conference to seriously assess web-based office applications