Julien Denaes
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) & CTO
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulien Denaes is a seasoned startup entrepreneur and technology leader with 11 years of experience building B2B web and mobile software, currently serving as Chief Strategy Officer & CTO at Thought Industries. He blends product strategy, AI/ML-driven platforms, and hands-on engineering leadership, having led product, partnerships and platform teams through acquisitions and high-growth phases (notably Alpin acquired by CoreView, and Finmark acquired by BILL). Julien excels at translating customer-facing learning and SaaS management problems into scalable products, and has repeatedly built and coached strong cross-functional teams. Based in Denver, he pairs a technical foundation in information systems with experience in identity, integrations and SaaS cost optimization—skills he first proved as a co-founder whose SSO and subscription-management products drove measurable savings. Although less visible on GitHub, his career shows a consistent pattern of shipping pragmatic, security-conscious solutions and influencing go-to-market strategy across product and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Luxury Marketing Specialist, Luxury Marketing Specialist at SAWIBS Information System Management, BS Information System Management at HES-SO VSBachelor Information Sciences Technology, Bachelor Information Sciences Technology at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft DresdenMatu Economic Sciences, Matu Economic Sciences at Collège de Saint-Maurice
English, French
Github Skills (2)
sharepoint8
csharp7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
denaes/personal-crm-front
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
denaes/sweat-test
Aug 2025 - Aug 2025
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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