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Amy Cropper

Company: Glass 1/2 Full

Title: Founder and Principal Consultant

Amy has 25+ years of consulting, recruiting, and program management experience in Fortune Global 500 companies within the technology and professional services sectors. Amy is a graduate of the class of 1995, earning a B.S. in Marketing Management. After graduation, she began her career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a consultant for Federal Government clients. She first discovered a passion for recruiting as a volunteer for campus interviewing events, and transitioned into an operational recruiting delivery role after 2 years in consulting. After all, the core of recruiting is the marketing of a job opportunity!

Amy spent the longest portion of her Accenture tenure leading HR and recruiting technology strategy, implementation, and operations with the objective of maximizing efficiencies, effectiveness and candidate experience. In addition, she served as an expert facilitator/coach/instructional designer for a behavioral interview training for Accenture executives. Amy joined Amazon in 2016, and currently leads Recruiting Operations & Programs for a centralized technical recruiting team.

Amy and her husband live near Amazon’s 2nd headquarters in Arlington, VA with their two daughters and neurotic dog. In her spare time, she sings with a local band and performs in regional musical theatre productions.