Kathleen (Kathy) Ameche is a Senior Executive and Corporate Officer with over 25 years of business experience. Kathy Ameche is a nationally recognized speaker and presenter on such topics as leadership, career management, networking and travel. She is known for her technology, leadership and dedication to the development of future business leaders. Currently Ms. Ameche is chairman of The Ameche Group LLC, manufacturer of the MicciMicci line of fun, practical and stylish lifestyle products, and is Vice President and Strategy Executive with RightPoint Consulting a management and technology consulting firm specializing in helping companies maximize their profitability.
Previously, Ms. Ameche served as the Vice President of Business Development for West Monroe Partners, LLC, a business and technology consulting firm, focusing on small to mid-cap companies. She is the former Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the Tribune Company, a Fortune 500 media and entertainment company. She has held senior management positions in the consulting arm of Geac (formerly Dun & Bradstreet Software), and she began her career as a consultant with Deloitte, an international public accounting firm.
Throughout her career, Ms. Ameche has logged nearly 2,000,000 miles of business travel. That led her to write her first book, The Woman Road Warrior: A Woman's Guide to Business Travel (Agate 2005). The book has been rated #1 several times on Amazon's best seller list for business travel since its launch in 2005. The second edition of, The Woman Road Warrior: An Expert's Guide to Domestic and International Business Travel was released in May of 2007. Both Ms. Ameche and her book have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, American Way Magazine and international news websites such as CNN.com, WomensWallStreet.com and Businessweek.com. She appears as a featured travel expert on CBS-WBBM in Chicago and was recently interviewed by Jean Chatzky on Oprah & Friends (XM Satellite Radio). She has made many guest speaking appearances including The Library of Congress, Cisco, IBM, Accenture, Deloitte and Kirkland & Ellis.
Ms. Ameche co-founded a leadership group for woman Chief Information Officers (CIO's); this invitation-only organization provides collaboration and support to senior female corporate executives in the Chicago area. She has been a member of the Girl Scouts of Chicago, the Advisory Board of Loyola University's Center of Information Management and Technology Group. When not traveling, Ms. Ameche lives in Chicago with her family.
