I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
- Mark Twain
Through her consulting practice, 
Dr. Andrea Belz has become a trusted advisor of world-class innovators including Occidental Petroleum, California Institute of Technology, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, IDEX, Best Buy, and many leading investment firms. Her hallmark style, approachable yet focused, bridges the gap between creative teams and the “folks on the business side”.
Andrea’s blog has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, and she has been interviewed by media including the Los Angeles Business Journal, CNN.com, and Fund Strategy. She co-chairs a session on technology commercialization at the prestigious IEEE Aerospace Conference and is the Los Angeles Chapter Co-Chair of the Licensing Executives Society.
Andrea serves on the board for Ondax, a laser manufacturer spun off from Caltech, as well as the Advisory Board of Tribogenics, a UCLA spinoff. Andrea has previously served as a lecturer at the California Institute of Technology and speaks frequently on innovation, job growth, and supporting corporate and independent entrepreneurs. In her book, The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Product Development (McGraw-Hill, 2010), Andrea shares her disciplined approach to strategy and operations, synthesizing case studies from global leaders with her own deep experience.
Andrea serves on the board of Weizmann Day School and is active in leadership with the Boy Scouts of America. She holds a B.S. in physics from the University of Maryland at College Park, a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech, and an M.B.A. in finance from the Pepperdine University Gradiazio School of Business. Andrea was born in Santiago de Chile and spoke Spanish as her first language; she also speaks some French, German, and enough Italian to understand a menu. She lives in Altadena, California, with her family.
