Julie Locke has been helping leading-edge technology companies build world-class executive teams for over a decade. She began working with Vantage Partners in 2002 and currently focuses on driving CEO and VP-level searches in Consumer/Internet, Online Media and SaaS. She has completed searches in a variety of functional areas including CEO, marketing, operations and product management and business development.

Julie has helped to build the executive teams at Zynga, Like.com, Retrevo, Ebates, MetaCafe, Google, Tagged, Topsy, Adchemy, Proximic and MokaFive, among others. She is a recognized search professional and has a proven ability to attract and close top-tier executive talent for her clients. Julie also has a particular personal interest in companies with products for social good.

Julie grew up in Ireland and earned her Bachelors in Political Science from Furman University, a Masters and PhD (abd) in International Relations with an emphasis in Third World development from the University of South Carolina and a Masters in Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).

She graduated Magna Cum Laude and was awarded
Phi Beta Kappa.