Amelia Waters advises business leaders at the intersection of AI, strategy, and operations. As the Managing Partner at EDSO Edge, she partners with CEOs to align strategy, simplify operations, and accelerate to scale. Formerly with the Boston Consulting Group, she has held leadership roles in technology, healthcare, and education companies, leading business transformations to drive sustained, profitable growth. She is a frequent speaker and panelist on the role of the COO in small and mid-sized B2B companies and the integration of AI to amplify human potential and impact.

She has a strong track record of successfully developing leaders and teams, and serves as executive coach and mentor with the Venture Mentoring Team and the Executive Service Corps. In her free time, she writes science fiction and fantasy novels under the pseudonym Jade Kerrion. Some of the novels win awards and appear on the USA Today Bestsellers list.

Amelia is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University where she majored in Biology and Philosophy, and holds an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.