Amanda Firth

Vice President of HR

Amanda Firth

Experience: Prior to BearCom, Amanda held the role of Human Resources Director at Waggoners Trucking, one of the largest family owned transportation companies in North America. During her five years with Waggoners she was responsible for recruitment, employee relations, benefits, and payroll. Prior to Waggoners, she was at DynCorp International where she held the position of Human Resources Manager. While at DynCorp she spent two years in Afghanistan providing in-country HR leadership to the US Department of State Afghan National Police Training Mission and two years in Qatar providing HR leadership for both US Army and Air Force personnel. Earlier in her career, she also worked at both Neiman Marcus and Halliburton. Most notably, while at Haliburton, she spent two years in Iraq providing compliance training for employees in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Djibouti for the US Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program.

Education: Master of Education in Human Resource Development from the University of Nebraska
Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development from the University of Texas at Austin
Professional in Human Resources Certification from the HR Certification Institute

AlwaysOn Facts: Amanda is happily married to a retired 25-year police veteran, fosters dogs for local animal rescue, and is also a member of the Daughter of the Republic of Texas preserving Texas history.