Amy C. Liu

Amy Liu has extensive intercultural training, personal development training, and counseling experiences.  For over twelve years, she has been involved in the development and facilitation of cross-cultural workshops as well as personal development and business management workshops.

Author of Taiwan A to Z: The Essential Cultural Guide, published in May 2009, Amy has been based in Taipei, Taiwan since 1999. She works locally with the Community Services Center as well as with major intercultural service providers to provide intercultural training and global leadership programs. As a bicultural and bilingual consultant, Amy has successfully delivered both individual and group cross-cultural training to top level expatriates as well as programs to local managers in Greater China (Taiwan, Hong Kong & China) who desire to work effectively globally. With her counseling background, she also provides counseling services to those who struggle with culture shock, adjustment issues or personal concerns.

Throughout Amy's career as an intercultural trainer, she has worked with a variety of multinational companies and with executives from diverse cultural backgrounds. Her clients include: 3M, Motorola, GE, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Gillette, Dupont, Ericsson, Dell, HP, Intel, Logitech, EDS, Infineon, TSMC, Broadcom, ATMI, Bayer, Pfizer, Citibank, B&Q, AIG, Shell, and others.

Prior to Amy's time as an intercultural trainer, she worked in the US as an international Student Counselor in a local community college while obtaining her Master's degree. Preceding this role, Amy worked as a Marketing Manager for San Miguel Beer and in public relations for Grey Advertising in Taiwan.  

Amy's family immigrated to California, USA when she was 13 years old. She has lived and worked in the USA, Taiwan and Japan, and has traveled extensively in Asia and Europe.

Amy holds a Master's degree in Counseling Education from San Jose State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, with a minor in Business Management, from the University of California, Irvine. Amy attends professional development seminars offered by The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication and SIETAR-USA's annual conference.