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title: Julie McFadden
date: 2026-03-27T17:47:00+00:00
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# Julie McFadden

Julie McFadden spent 30 years as a hands-on technologist before finding her fit with Otterkin, a fine art commissioning platform, through Connectd's Transition to Portfolio program. She joined as a board advisor and has since stepped up to become its fractional CTO.

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