Julie Gerstenberger is a Retired at Quality Vision International (QVI®). She possess expertise in strategic partnerships, product development, strategy, commercialization, r&d and 44 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Julie is a gifted leader, inspiring technologist, and compassionate business person. Her communication skills are casual yet, clear and concise. She is comfortable and in command speaking to a small group of entrepreneurs or investors as well as to an auditorium of employees. Her knowledge of optical and electrical systems are a small portion of her technical prowess as she is able to absorb complex issues quickly. I have had the opportunity to work for Julie in the context of her extensive background of start-up company business opportunities, partnerships and investments and am grateful for her mentorship. I recommend Julie as an important asset to an organization that respects, admires and rewards extraordinary leaders." and "I had the pleasure of working with Julie a few years back when I worked for the Photographic Science and Technology Center as a Program Manager, and later when I was the Director of the Center. Julie was part of the External Alliance group at Kodak, first as an analyst and then as its Director. I can say from first hand experience that Julie was an excellent partner, helping our organization think about how to build and leverage external alliances with Universities and other companies. Julie was well versed in her domain and was very effective in guiding and assisting teams and team leaders as they explored strategic options on this front. I found Julie to be very professional and very competent. I valued our interactions and her advice and council. I also found that Julie was willing to think outside of the box and go the extra mile. As an example of this, as part of the launch of a major program, I wanted to do something to get the team immersed in the problem domain and thinking outside of box. We decided to have an event where sub-teams brainstormed approaches and then acted as a startup company pitching their ideas to a VC board and competing for funding. Julie helped usto shape the plan for this event and graciously agreed to act as one of the VC judges. Julie always acted like she was part of YOUR team instead just acting like she was the leader of HER team. I always appreciated that. Julie has strong and demonstrated leadership skills, a solid technical background and the rare ability to work equally well developing and executing both strategy and tactics. Her ability to understand strategic alliances and partnerships, and how to build them is truly valuable. Based upon my experience, I believe Julie would be a strong asset to any organization."