Amanda Zimmerman is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at Beautiful Opportunities. She is passionate about making work better, safer, faster, and more efficient. Her career began in Oil and Gas, where she spent ten years working in the US and Angola. In the US Amanda worked with a refinery maintenance department to reduce active work orders by 40% (4,000) in a twelve-month period. In Angola she mentored Green Belts on projects to reduce emissions using 5S, 5 whys, and various Lean Six Sigma tools. In 2019 she earned a Global MBA from Imperial College of London, increasing her knowledge and understanding of international business operations and sustainability methodologies. She has worked with Supply Chain and Logistics teams in both Angola and Antarctica to improve the movement of people and material. To date she has demonstrated annual benefit of over $260MM for her clients and knows that continuous improvement tools are applicable in all industries and enjoys adapting the tools to meet the unique needs of each client. When not working on Lean Six Sigma projects Amanda is a Naturalist with the Oregon chapter of the American Cetacean Society (ACS) and resides in Portland, OR. Amanda has traveled to over 50 countries and all seven continents. Her most epic journeys are those that allowed her to explore her love of whales. In Hawaii she had the opportunity to kayak near a singing male humpback, in Tonga she swam with a Humpback mother and calf. Amanda has also visited the Arctic region of Svalbard and made three trips to the Antarctic. Her first two trips to the great white continent allowed her to see Fin Whales, Sperm Whales, Orcas, and Humpbacks. Her last trip, five months working at McMurdo station, allowed her to see Minke Whales and Emperor Penguins in the Ross Sea.