Business Advisor and Sr. Consultant

Dr. Amanda Christensen has a PhD in Business Management (Organizational Behavior) and an MBA in Business Finance/Strategy. She has 20+ years’ experience in the design and delivery of teaching/training programs (including international experience) and leading teams and conducting research.

Amanda has held senior research, teaching, and consulting roles in the private sector, academia, and government, with experience leading Department of Defense (DoD) programs (with Top Secret [TS] clearance), as a business school professor, and in metals manufacturing. She has spoken at numerous events and has advised CEOs, top management teams, and boards of directors. She has 24 peer-reviewed publications and 2,300+ Google Scholar citations.

Amanda’s work has spanned fields including AI, cognitive psychology, human-machine teaming, aerospace, and education. Other capabilities include understanding of federal funding programs (including DARPA specialization) and congressional funding opportunities with preparation of contracts and pricing, managing funding for DoD programs, bid and proposal compliance, and leading and bridging diverse teams of engineers, scientists, and contracts specialists. Additional skills include proposal management, making sense of large quantities of complex information and data, creating online and in-person training programs, and psychometrics and data modeling.