Julie Lenzer Kirk harnesses her experience
as a successful and award-winning IT entrepreneur to assist
others in realizing their dream of entrepreneurship and taking
their already-established entrepreneurial companies to the next
level. Her book, "The ParentPreneur
Edge: What Parenting Teaches About Building a Successful Business"
(John Wiley & Sons) is available online on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in bookstores across the globe.
Ms. Kirk is President of Path Forward International,
which provides keynotes, workshops, and consulting to give entrepreneurial companies and individuals a "Boot in the Butt™" to launch new ideas, grow existing ventures, find their work/life balance, and fine-tune their leadership skills. She is a sought-after
speaker on topics of entrepreneurship, business management and
leadership, and balancing work and family.
She works with the NSF-funded ACTiVATE
program at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County.
Through this program, she helps experienced women start businesses
by licensing technologies from universities and government labs.
As the Lead Instructor, she develops the curriculum for the
program as well as mentors several of the teams.
Ms. Kirk graduated from Texas A&M University
with a B.S. in Computer Science and participates in and leads
numerous community organizations and events. She currently resides
in the Baltimore / Washington D.C. metro area with her husband and two children.
