About Amber Field

Amber Field has been teaching the Capstone class (CS 620) in the Computer Sciences department at UW–Madison since 2019.

Amber Field headshot

“You never know where your career in tech will take you!”

Before coming to UW–Madison, Amber held a wide variety of positions, including the following:

  • Singlewire Software (Madison, WI): Vice President of Software Development
  • Capital One – Innovation Lab (Arlington, VA): Head of Operations
  • O2 Agility (Arlington, VA): Co-Founder Agile Consulting Company
  • Opower/Oracle (Arlington, VA)​: Agile Program Manager / Head of Agile PMO
  • National Geographic (Washington, DC) : Senior Project Manager
  • IBM (Rochester, MN): Software Engineer

Amber’s career in tech has taken her to some exciting and far flung places. She:

  • Volunteered with the African Wildlife Foundation in Tanzania​
  • Ate lunch with an explorer and his wolf & met Alex Trebek ​
  • Guest Lectured at Harvard Business School – PM 102 ​
  • Saved enough energy to shut down the Hoover Dam​
  • LOTS of conference speaking​
  • Developed and ran two mentoring programs​
  • Received a patent for Integrated documentation & application testing​
  • Wrote a book!