Amanda Kalantzis Email & Phone Number

Amanda Kalantzis is a Engineering Manager at Niche at Niche. She possess expertise in project management, program management, agile methodologies, quality assurance, strategy and 15 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "I had the absolute pleasure of working under Amanda during my tenure as a software engineer at Reforge. From the day I joined, she was hands on with my onboarding making sure I was efficiently getting up to speed and feeling like I was part of the team. During our time, we had some urgent project asks for our pod. She allowed us to remain focused on crystal clear milestones and was always breaking things down to easily manageable and understandable pieces. Never during this project did I feel like we were lagging behind nor stressing to meet deadlines. In fact, we had ample time to test and ensure we had some buffer room in case things were to not go according to plan. She was also a very reliable line of communication for us and helped bring together resources and stakeholders to get to the bottom of difficult decisions. And whenever we strayed from the path she was always able to quickly get us back on track and focused. More than just keeping us on track, she was always aware of our needs and cared for our growth. She would actively help come up with plans so that we were able to level up and would always check in to make sure that we were on track to hit our goals. She also was all ears for when we wanted to try out something new and wouldn't hesitate to give candid honest feedback. I am fully confident that she was always in my corner making me feel like I was supported and equipped to succeed. Any organization would be lucky to have Amanda's leadership and expertise. Whether it is bringing a team together into a highly productive and cohesive unit or making sure realistic and clear expectations are being set for a project, I am positive that she will be able to take on any challenge. She was a joy to work with and made everyday a positive experience. I am so very fortunate to have met and worked with Amanda!" and "I had the great pleasure of being managed directly by Amanda during her time as Engineering Manager at Reforge. Not only was she a great leader who grew us into a high-performing team, but she also was a thoughtful and trustworthy manager who listened to me and took my career aspirations seriously. From the beginning of my time at Reforge when I joined Amanda's team, I was impressed by how expertly she managed how our team handled the large, often open-ended projects and feature requests handed down to our team in a way that kept the team working smoothly. As we often had tight deadlines, she additionally managed expectations and relationships with other teams, and also empowered us to do so as well. Under Amanda's leadership I saw our engineering team grow from a group of individuals who were all newly-hired, to a smoothly-functioning and high-performing team who worked wonderfully together, and who were comfortable leading in various aspects on our pod and in the company. She served as a great advocate for us as a team and individually, celebrating our team's successes and making sure group and individual efforts were visible to leadership. Amanda has been key to my success at Reforge and to my growth as an engineer here. She always paid close attention to how I wanted to grow as an engineer, and when projects came up that would align with my interests, she would enable me to either lead or have a substantial role in those efforts, and was sure to support me along the way. I can confidently say that Amanda is one of the best managers I've ever had, and I would recommend her for any leadership position. I sincerely hope to have the chance to work with Amanda again in the future."

Listed skills include Project Management, Program Management, Agile Methodologies, Quality Assurance, and 16 others.