Amy Weeden, Director
The British author W. Somerset Maugham wrote a book about a young American in search of enlightenment called The Razor’s Edge. Read it, (or rent the movie featuring a much-underrated performance by Bill Murray), and you’ll have an idea of how Amy became a person with a very, very wide-angle perspective capable of managing change. Like Laurence Darrell, the protagonist in Maugham’s book, Amy spent three and half years off the grid getting her passport stamped at the borders of countries around the world – and it wasn’t all just for fun. She’s worked in seven major cities around the world including Jakarta, Kathmandu, and Sydney. If there is need for change in your company and you want to travel into uncharted waters, this is the person you want. Know this: If Amy’s not afraid to try monkey brains in a hut in Indonesia, she’s unlikely to be daunted by whatever it is your company may be facing.
Amy’s traveled to more than 30 countries, starting with her emphasis in college (International Development) which saw her living among Tibetan refugees. From college, Amy jumped with both feet, joining Watson and Wyatt (known for their international HR and financial expertise) where, among numerous other projects, she led a global HR and internal marketing project that helped a Fortune 10 company implement their first global benefits program in conjunction with a re-branding. Her next stop was the Big-5 firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she spent her consulting salad days both on projects and as part of the excellent (and thorough) PWC training program.
Amy has been at the helm of everything from business process design projects for a global consumer products company to helping invent (and implement) a forward-thinking ownership structure that helped a technology consulting firm compete for top talent in a highly competitive labor market.
Amy loves and lives change. She is ACME’s enlightened utopian capitalist, which is why it’s appropriate that she earned her MBA from UC Berkeley (Haas School) and is a firm believer that change is good.
