BIO

Prior to his career in academia, Andrew spent 15 years in corporate America. He is a highly driven leader that blends business, financial and strategy to deliver exceptional operational results. With over 15+ years of operational technology experience and business development in ecommerce and startup companies, Andrew has a proven ability of growing and managing high performing teams and projects to achieve complex business objectives. Over the course of his career, he has developed an expertise in building professional teams for companies with periods of hyper-growth, resolving major issues with key products and software lifecycles, and the factors crucial to consistently generating business growth. In the classroom, Andrew leverages real world training, examples, and scenarios to prepare his students for today’s challenges.

EDUCATION

DBA – George Fox University

MBA – Northwest Nazarene University

BS – Northwest Nazarene University

SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH

Ellestad, A. I., Beymer, L. L., & Villegas, S. (2023). The lived experiences of individuals with high-functioning autism during the job interview process: A phenomenological study. Journal of Employment Counseling, 00, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/joec.12212

Ellestad, A. I., & Winton, B. G. (2022). Ethical decision-making: a culture influenced virtue specific model for multinational corporations. Ethics & Behavior, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2022.2122060  

Villegas, S., Yamamoto, K., Ellestad, A. (2022) Defining Performance in HR. Journal of Human Resource Education, 16 (1), 1–19.