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Julia Samoylenko

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Founder & CEO
Palo Alto, California, United States

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  • Asteri AI
    Founder & CEO
    Asteri AI
    Sep 2023 - Current (2 years 10 months)
    Asteri AI is the AI-native Work Intelligence & Orchestration Platform helping F500 enterprises understand how work actually happens across the organization, enabling companies integrate AI alongside humans, intelligently, and at scale. We’re building the intelligence layer: the missing operating system for work - one that guides how humans and AI create value together. Our mission is to help companies build the human-AI workforce of the future and reimagine how work should be done in the era of AI.
  • Medtronic
    Director, Commercial Transformation
    Medtronic
    Jul 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 3 months)
    - Led strategic initiatives in Diabetes portfolio management, driving significant operational efficiencies and cost savings, including streamlining SKU rationalization, revamping phase-out processes, and revitalizing IT tools, contributing to ~$100M in savings.
  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Course Facilitator
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Jun 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 7 months)
    Course Facilitator for the Mobilizing Change Course taught by the professor Hayagreeva Rao https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/hayagreeva-rao
  • Medtronic
    Senior Manager, Global Finance IBP
    Medtronic
    Oct 2020 - Jul 2022 (1 year 10 months)
    - Secured and led the deployment of next-generation Advanced Planning and Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) solutions across Medtronic, securing ~$100M for system enhancements and driving enterprise-wide initiatives that realized ~$600M in savings. Additionally, launched an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) inventory program, introducing innovative reporting tools across operating units, targeting $128M in savings and delivering substantial user benefits.
  • Medtronic
    Transformation Leader, Global IT
    Medtronic
    Aug 2019 - Oct 2020 (1 year 3 months)
    - Led strategic IT initiatives and a pivot to a new operating model, realizing 10% reduction in savings and enhancing user experiences. Drove a digital transformation in the Asia-Pacific, yielding $10M in savings, and contributed to a COVID-19 Rapid Response Team, earning a Medtronic CIO Special Recognition Award in 2020 for ensuring global patient care continuity.
  • Medtronic
    Global Business Partner / Head of Product, Digital Transformation
    Medtronic
    Aug 2016 - Jul 2019 (3 years)
    - Launched Medtronic's first global channel partner platform to ~6000 customers globally. Built and led a 100-member global team, securing over $10M in investments and establishing an IT hub in Shanghai. Achieved a 1-3% increase in indirect revenue and $50M in inventory cost savings, recognized with the Medtronic CIO Award and Star of Excellence for exceptional product & program leadership and global strategy evangelization.
  • Medtronic
    Program & Product Manager, Emerging Markets
    Medtronic
    Feb 2014 - Jul 2016 (2 years 6 months)
    - Successfully managed the transition from a channel partner to a direct sales model in the Czech Republic, achieving $9.5M in revenue and a $3M inventory buy-out. Led a regional team to develop a bespoke inventory data management solution for partners in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, enabling $8M in traceable indirect revenue. Authored a playbook for regional channel transitions, earning the 'Best Optimization Project' Award for the inventory solution's implementation in EMEA.
  • Medtronic
    Supply Chain Product Leader
    Medtronic
    Sep 2012 - Jan 2014 (1 year 5 months)
    - Drove logistics and customer service processes for Medtronic's top distributors, generating ~$40M in annual revenue. Led a pilot and scaled a customized inventory management solution using innovative RFID technology from a startup partnership, enhancing 30 channel partners' inventory levels and generating ~3% ($3-4M) additional revenue. Recognized with the Medtronic Employee of the Year Award for 'Excellence in Execution'.
  • Volkswagen Group
    Supply Chain Specialist
    Volkswagen Group
    Apr 2011 - Aug 2012 (1 year 5 months)
    - Achieved 99% customer satisfaction score while managing customer service and logistics activities for the end-to-end order to cash process for Bentley, Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen dealers.
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  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Executive Education, Stanford LEAD: Principled and Purposeful Leadership
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
    This course introduces tools and topics that are central to leadership. As part of the course, participants will complete a leadership evaluation using Stanford’s LEAP 360 tool and receive individualized coaching and a personalized report. Participants will also explore frameworks around ethical issues faced by managers and organizations as well as the latest findings on human behavior to inform ethical decisions and strategies. The course will cover controversial case studies, insights from psychology and behavioral science, and a brief introduction to philosophical perspectives that are useful for leaders.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Executive Education, MIT Sloan Digital Business Strategy 6-week program
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jan 2019
  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Executive Education, Stanford LEAD: Corporate Innovations
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year 1 month)
    Foundation courses: - Financing innovation: the creation of value - Critical analytical thinking - Strategic leadership Elective courses: - Building power to lead - Business model analysis and design - Customer experience design - Designing organizations for creativity and innovations - Getting (more of) what you want: negotiating, collaborative problem solving, and value claiming - The innovation playbook: designing stories for impact - The innovation process - Mobilizing for successful change: a toolkit
  • Higher School of Economics
    Master's Degree, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
    Higher School of Economics
    Specific research areas: • Supply chain optimization via VMI solution– using as a case study the spare parts division of Volkswagen Group; • Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model;
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  • Medtronic
    Medtronic CIO Award
    Medtronic
    Nov 2020
    Earned the Special Recognition Team Award for the work I did on the Pandemic Response Team
  • Medtronic
    Star of Excellence Award
    Medtronic
    Apr 2019
    Earned the Star of Excellence Award for the work we did as the Global Channel Management Team
  • Medtronic
    Medtronic CIO Partner Excellence Award
    Medtronic
    Aug 2018
    Our successful partnership and collaboration with Global IT and the work I have been driving over the last 2 years resulted in receiving the CIO award
  • Medtronic
    Medtronic 'The Best Optimization Project' Award
    Medtronic
    Jul 2015
    Earned 'The Best Optimization Project Award' for successful implementation of the inventory solution for customers in EMEA
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    Medtronic 'Employee of the Year' Award
    Medtronic LLC
    Jan 2013
    Earned Medtronic Employee of the Year Award for "Excellence in Execution"
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