Andrea S. James Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Irvine, California, US

Watertown, MA, US

Broomfield, CO, US

My co-founder (husband) and I are raising three children. Responsibilities include managing a paid staff that includes weekly child care, janitorial (housekeeping) staff, tax accountant, a handy-repair-person and the lawn guy. As co-founders of Family, Inc., we are responsible for all of the unpaid duties, roles and responsibilities of running a household.

Scottsdale, AZ, US

Scottsdale, AZ, US

For the six years I worked for Axon, I was building, building, building -- functions, teams and processes, relentlessly. When I exited in December 2023, CEO and Founder Rick Smith said, "we’ve grown 15x since AJ joined, and earlier this year, Axon entered the S&P 500. She was one of a small inside group of change agents who helped make that transformation.

Scottsdale, AZ, US

Scottsdale, AZ, US

Scottsdale, AZ, US

Axon's press release announcing Andrea's joining. https://investor.axon.com/2017-10-02-Andrea-James-and-Jim-Zito-Join-Axon-Finance-Team

I founded my coaching and advisory practice in 2016 and have served as an executive and leadership development coach, as well as a facilitator and strategic planning consultant, for corporate clients and institutional investors. My clients have included Wall Street portfolio and fund managers and analysts, senior public company executives and tech company.

Austin, Texas, US

In 2016, Elon Musk asked me to join Tesla to help with its investor relations efforts. I worked on strategic investor communications, quarterly messaging, and shareholder communication. I was the lead planner for Tesla's January 2017 Gigafactory investor event.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Researching emerging technologies for the equity capital markets group, which focuses on discovering investment ideas using proprietary information. This is a fancy way of saying that I was a stock research analyst. My focus was on game-changing technology in disruptive markets -- including aerospace & defense, and industrials.I built a body of published.

Seattle, WA, US

In mid-March, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer became the first major newspaper to transition from a printed product to an online-only format. The paper retained 10 percent of its staff, including me. At first, I covered the Seattle economy, which includes Microsoft, Boeing and Starbucks news, as well as general economic and labor issues. Starting June 1, I.

Retail, labor and economics reporter: Cover breaking news and companies including Amazon.com, Starbucks, Nordstrom and Costco. Started an “online retail” news blog for seattlepi.com, which I’ve grown to 60,000 views per month. Broke the P-I's record for article with the most Web hits in one day. Appeared on Fox Business News, a national cable.

Helped paper to win two national awards from Society of American Business Editors and Writers for breaking news and best overall section. Beats included the Port of Mobile, transportation, tourism, cruising, technology, banking and finance. I also survived two hurricanes and wrote several hard-hitting stories about the economic fallout from Hurricane.

Washington, DC, US

Covered the intersection of religion and politics for this wire service, which contributed to the Associated Press wire. My articles appeared in newspapers throughout the country, including in the Washington Post and the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

New York, NY, US

Covered minute-by-minute breaking business news on London Stock Exchange businesses. My articles were picked up in publications worldwide.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Covered technology and philanthropy for this weekly newspaper.

Washington, DC, US

Student Career Experience Program participant

Washington, D.C., US

Fort Worth, TX, US

By the time a complaint reached the Radio Shack regional office, the customer was pretty irate. It meant that the store manager hadn't been able to satisfy the customer, and that the problem did not get solved at the district level.My job was to help solve it, because the next stop was headquarters in Texas. And we didn't want that!Beyond problem-solving.

Washington, DC, US

I worked in a specific division that focused on women's rights.I helped coordinate Madeleine Albright's "Global Roundtable on Women," held in spring 2001. This meant logistics planning, welcoming women's rights leaders to Washington in an official State Department black sedan, assisting guests on a private White House tour, attending parties at hotels.

Master Of Science - Msj, Journalism & Writing

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science Major; Dual-Minor In Applied Physics, Communications

Education record