Amy Karam, CEO of Karam Consulting, is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant, specializing in global market expansion and competitive strategy. She is also a corporate instructor of courses in the Stanford University Advanced Project Management program and delivers her own proprietary workshops on innovation, sales, marketing, and business management.

Amy equips companies facing a new generation of competitors to succeed in global markets through the creation of actionable strategies. Unique to her years of diverse international and Silicon Valley experience is Amy's extensive work with emerging markets and competing with new market entrants. Notably, she led a CEO-sponsored global competitive sales support program at Cisco Systems, where they defended approximately $750M in deals per year across over 50 countries worldwide.

Her company guides start-up businesses to Fortune 500 corporations in identifying international opportunities, creating focused strategies, and delivering executable solutions. Amy brings a fresh perspective to strategic and competitive planning for the short and long term, with a strong combination of practice and methodologies. She is skilled at tying theory to real-world examples and is adept at leading and facilitating diverse teams, from managers to C-level professionals, in an engaging and effective style.

Amy has worked with corporations that include Cisco, Apple, Visa, Nationwide, Bell Canada, Capital One, and Kaiser Permanente. She has also led business development initiatives with the World Bank, ITU-D, government Ministers of emerging countries and high-technology companies, to foster public and private sector collaboration.

Amy holds an International MBA and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, Canada. She also completed the Innovation for Economic Development Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

To learn more about Amy and her company, visit www.KaramConsulting.com.