Julien Simiand
GTM @ OpenAI - EMEA Digital Natives | ex-Salesforce/Slack
OpenAI
ex-SlackI’m an Account Director at OpenAI, leading Digital Native accounts across I partner with companies to turn AI into a strategic advantage, helping them move from experimentation to production across their core
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My focus is on driving real business impact: aligning AI with revenue, product, and operations priorities; identifying high-leverage use cases; and enabling teams to deploy agentic systems that I’ve worked across industries including tech, media, telecom, financial services and healthcare consistently operating at the intersection of business strategy and Always open to exchanging ideas, exploring partnerships, or discussing how AI is reshaping modern organizations.
GTM Index
- OPENAIJOB
- GTM - EMEA Digital Natives8M
GTM - EMEA Digital Natives
OpenAI
- SALESFORCEJOB
- Account Executive1Y
Account Executive
Salesforce
- SLACKJOB
- Strategic Principal Soluti…1Y
Strategic Principal Solution Engineer
Slack
- Principal Solution Eng1Y 5M
Principal Solution Engineer
Slack
- As a Principal Solution Engineer at Slack, a Salesforce company, I lead technical pre-sales engagements, focusing on discovery to uncover client needs, value selling to articulate ROI, and meticulous demo preparation. - I also represent Slack France in press events, introducing new Slack innovations.
- Lead Solution Eng1Y 3M
Lead Solution Engineer
Slack
- FY23 - EMEA Top Performer Solution Engineer of the year
- Senior Solutions Eng10M
Senior Solutions Engineer
Slack
- Q1 FY23 - EMEA Top Performer Solution Engineer - Q1 FY23 - Worldwide Top Performer Solution Engineer
- SEISMICJOB
- Senior Sales Eng6M
Senior Sales Engineer
Seismic
- Sales Eng1Y 8M
Sales Engineer
Seismic
- Part of the first team that opened the French office managing the SEMEA region - Establishing new, and maintaining existing relationships with customers - Deep understanding of prospects needs and stakes in order to better position Seismic's value offer - Value proposition demonstration and technical presentations of how Seismic will meet prospects and customers needs - Advising customers on how best to use the product - Close collaboration with Sales team to overachieve quotas
- SPRINKLRJOB
- Engagement Mgr10M
Engagement Manager
Sprinklr
- Project Mgr1Y 7M
Project Manager
Sprinklr
Project & Line Manager, in charge of all project deliveries. Project scoping, requirements gathering and SOW drafting. Team management and line management across a team Business and Technical Consultants.
- DELTATREJOB
- Digital Project Mgr1Y 3M
Digital Project Manager
deltatre
• As a Project Manager, from inception to launch of multiple projects simultaneously and collaborated with team leaders to ensure client expectations were managed with regard to scope and progress in schedule and budget. • Most projects deployed within Azure service cloud. • Frequent contact with clients in order to update and gather new requirements (frequent upsells). • Managed project schedules and budget. • Ensured project progress. • Agile environment (planning elaboration, sprints, jira board...). • Developed accurate and informed scopes of work. • Guided teams on mitigating risks on projects. • Team management (Paris, Torino...). • Mockup elaboration (Photoshop) and UXD recommendatio…
- RETRO GAMERS PLAY !JOB
- Growth Hacker8M
Growth Hacker
Retro Gamers Play !
retrogamersplay.com RGP! is an ambitious RetroGaming website that will launch late 2016... Duties include : - Growth Hacking - Client acquisition/retention - Video consulting - Out of the box thinking
- J-WEDJOB
- PHP/HTML/CSS Developer2M
PHP/HTML/CSS Developer
J-Wed
I was in charge of debugging the source code and improve it. It was a short but fascinating one month position. I learned a lot and the team was incredible.
- CARLSON&SMITHJOB
- Project Mgr7M
Project Manager / Digital Producer
Carlson&Smith
Working directly with Devrin Carlson who since became KIK's Head of Strategic Development. My tasks included: • Organizing meeting times for players across the globe • Scheduling and organize efforts between the different vendors • Relaying information to the clients • Translating from tech speak to client ready terms
- MODSTARJOB
- Project Mgr / Producer8M
Project Manager / Producer
Modstar
Project Manager / Producer at Modstar • Organize efforts between the different vendors • Understand deliverables and ensure a high quality level • Translate from big picture to the required task • Delegate the execution while maintaining schedule and keeping in mind budget • QA testing, overseeing and reporting • Team coordination and efficient communication skills
- Job: OpenAI — GTM - EMEA Digital Natives · 2026-02 – present · 6 mo
- Job: Salesforce — Account Executive · 2025-02 – 2026-02 · 1y
- Job: Slack — Strategic Principal Solution Engineer · 2024-02 – 2025-02 · 1y
- Job: Slack — Principal Solution Engineer · 2023-09 – 2025-02 · 1y 5mo — - As a Principal Solution Engineer at Slack, a Salesforce company, I lead technical pre-sales engagements, focusing on discovery to uncover client needs, value selling to articulate ROI, and meticulous demo preparation. - I also represent Slack France in press events, introducing new Slack innovations.
- Job: Slack — Lead Solution Engineer · 2022-06 – 2023-09 · 1y 3mo — - FY23 - EMEA Top Performer Solution Engineer of the year
- Job: Slack — Senior Solutions Engineer · 2021-08 – 2022-06 · 10 mo — - Q1 FY23 - EMEA Top Performer Solution Engineer - Q1 FY23 - Worldwide Top Performer Solution Engineer
- Job: Seismic — Senior Sales Engineer · 2021-02 – 2021-08 · 6 mo
- Job: Seismic — Sales Engineer · 2019-06 – 2021-02 · 1y 8mo — - Part of the first team that opened the French office managing the SEMEA region - Establishing new, and maintaining existing relationships with customers - Deep understanding of prospects needs and stakes in order to better position Seismic's value offer - Value proposition demonstration and technical presentations of how Seismic will meet prospects and customers needs - Advising customers on how best to use the product - Close collaboration with Sales team to overachieve quotas
- Job: Sprinklr — Engagement Manager · 2018-08 – 2019-06 · 10 mo
- Job: Sprinklr — Project Manager · 2017-01 – 2018-08 · 1y 7mo — Project & Line Manager, in charge of all project deliveries. Project scoping, requirements gathering and SOW drafting. Team management and line management across a team Business and Technical Consultants.
- Job: deltatre — Digital Project Manager · 2015-09 – 2016-12 · 1y 3mo — • As a Project Manager, from inception to launch of multiple projects simultaneously and collaborated with team leaders to ensure client expectations were managed with regard to scope and progress in schedule and budget. • Most projects deployed within Azure service cloud. • Frequent contact with clients in order to update and gather new requirements (frequent upsells). • Managed project schedules and budget. • Ensured project progress. • Agile environment (planning elaboration, sprints, jira board...). • Developed accurate and informed scopes of work. • Guided teams on mitigating risks on projects. • Team management (Paris, Torino...). • Mockup elaboration (Photoshop) and UXD recommendatio…
- Job: Retro Gamers Play ! — Growth Hacker · 2015-01 – 2015-09 · 8 mo — retrogamersplay.com RGP! is an ambitious RetroGaming website that will launch late 2016... Duties include : - Growth Hacking - Client acquisition/retention - Video consulting - Out of the box thinking
- Job: J-Wed — PHP/HTML/CSS Developer · 2013-10 – 2013-12 · 2 mo — I was in charge of debugging the source code and improve it. It was a short but fascinating one month position. I learned a lot and the team was incredible.
- Job: Carlson&Smith — Project Manager / Digital Producer · 2013-04 – 2013-11 · 7 mo — Working directly with Devrin Carlson who since became KIK's Head of Strategic Development. My tasks included: • Organizing meeting times for players across the globe • Scheduling and organize efforts between the different vendors • Relaying information to the clients • Translating from tech speak to client ready terms
- Job: Modstar — Project Manager / Producer · 2012-10 – 2013-06 · 8 mo — Project Manager / Producer at Modstar • Organize efforts between the different vendors • Understand deliverables and ensure a high quality level • Translate from big picture to the required task • Delegate the execution while maintaining schedule and keeping in mind budget • QA testing, overseeing and reporting • Team coordination and efficient communication skills
- School: 42
- School: Cifacom — BTS, Audiovisual Technics
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