Hello, I'm Julian and this is my AI-generated placeholder website.

Product Leader, Innovator & Entrepreneur (and a bunch of AI stuff too)

30+ years inventing digital experiences that push boundaries

Innovation Technical Leadership Entrepreneurship AI Products
Julian Harris

My Product Journey

I love creating software with cutting edge technology that solves existing problems better, or better yet: solutions to unsolved problems.

I've been working with internet technologies for more than 30 years including 8 at Google, founded various startups, and worked with chatbots, generative AI and agents in their various forms for the past 8 years.

I wear many hats including AI engineer, agile project manager, founder, product manager, head of data science, UX designer, UX researcher, marketer, educator and communicator.

I'm a "skeptical technology optimist": I love tech but my product hat keeps me grounded by continuously asking "but WHY?"

Experience Breadth

Standout Products

B2C

Teardrop

Founder

Generate compelling video from music automatically using generative AI like Stable Diffusion

AI Generative 2023
Internal

Google Pitch Now

Product Manager, UX Designer

Frictionless creation of sales decks with embedded customer data and standard templates

Enterprise 15,000 users 2012-2014
B2B

CognitionX AI Product Search

Product Manager, Tech Lead

A searchable repository of AI products. Turned a dysfunctional team not delivering for 6 months into a weekly delivery machine.

AI Leadership 2017-2018
B2C

Knowcast

Founder

Mobile app to allow users to take notes from podcasts hands free while on the go

Mobile Audio 2021-2022
B2C

Pensions advice for Alexa

UX Designer, Product Manager

First experience working with voice technology and conversation design. UK Govt's first Alexa skill.

Voice Government 2016
B2C, B2B

eSelect Insurance

Tech Lead Manager

First UK life insurance product with real time online underwriting. My first machine learning product.

ML 11 awards 2003-2006

Expertise Spectrum

Technical Leadership

Product Strategy 95%
Technical Architecture 90%
Team Leadership 92%
AI Integration 88%

Product Craft

User Experience Design 93%
Innovation Process 97%
Market Validation 85%
Voice & Conversation Design 82%
Product Leadership AI Product Development Technical Strategy UX Design Team Leadership Machine Learning B2C Product B2B Solutions Voice Interfaces Startup Founder Technical Advisory Software Engineering

My Innovation Philosophy

"The most powerful products aren't just built—they're discovered at the intersection of technical possibility, user need, and business opportunity."

I believe in the relentless pursuit of products that matter. Technology should solve real problems, delight users, and create meaningful value. That's the standard I've applied from early web pioneers to today's AI revolution.

Product Highlights

2025

makingaiagents.com: Helping others harness the power of AI Agents

2023

Project Teardrop: AI-powered video generation from music using Stable Diffusion

2021-2022

Knowcast (Founder): Mobile app for podcast note-taking

2017-2018

CognitionX: cutting edge NLP & Chatbot Research Services

2016-2017

UK Govt Dept Work & Pensions: Created & Led R&D Team

2012-2014

Google Pitch Now: Senior Product Manager for core sales infrastructure

2003-2006

Friends Provident Insurance: Tech Lead of 28 person team for award-winning insurance product

2002

Telefonica: Tech Lead for suite of online ecommerce products including games and video streaming

1999-2000

eDreams: software engineer for online travel company

Let's Connect

Ready to discuss your next innovative project? I'm always open to interesting conversations about pushing the boundaries of what's possible.