Julie Tregurtha has worked in the IT industry, specifically in software, for the past 29 years. Following her completion of a bachelor of commerce degree with a business information systems major from Wits University in South Africa, she began her career in programming business systems and quickly moved into a presales capacity, where she found the challenge of talking to customers about their challenges, and then presenting possible solutions, far more exciting. Following a long tenure at Sybase, she joined SAP after the acquisition in 2010. She has spent several years focused on the database management and technology solutions of SAP, leveraging her pedigree in understanding infrastructure software. She managed the African Platform and Data Management sales team, a strategic area in the overall SAP organisation.

In 2019, Tregurtha joined OpenText as the regional VP for Africa. As an information management company, OpenText has many leading solutions to aid customers improve their resiliency, and the Opentext Africa team has a unique opportunity for growth through its direct sales strategy as well as a mature partner network. Tregurtha is leading this strategy to assist customers embrace the challenging circumstances they face and solve critical problems with innovation solutions.