Julie is the Founder and CEO of Brill Strategies LLC. After being unanimously confirmed by the US Senate and serving for six years as a Commissioner for the US Federal Trade Commission, Julie joined Microsoft in 2018 as a senior executive, serving as Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer, Corporate Vice President for Privacy, Safety and Regulatory Affairs, and Corporate Vice President for Global Tech and Regulatory Policy. In her leadership roles at Microsoft, Julie was a central figure in Microsoft’s strategy around regulatory governance, privacy, responsible AI, and data governance and use strategy – issues that are central to building trust in technology solutions in the AI era.
She advised Microsoft’s top executives and largest customers about some of the most important strategic regulatory and geopolitical issues facing businesses today. At the FTC, Julie helped drive the broad agenda of one of the world’s most powerful regulatory agencies. She achieved thoughtful and lasting outcomes on issues of critical importance to industry, governments and consumers – including competition, global data flows and geopolitical concerns around data, privacy, health care, and financial fraud. In September 2025, Julie retired from Microsoft and launched her own consultancy, where she specializes in the critical nexus of where AI and other emerging technologies are heading, how business can deploy AI in a trustworthy manner, and what a shifting regulatory environment could spell for innovation.