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Andy Ellis

Enthusiast · DISC type i
Owner at Debate Strategies, LLC
📍 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Andy Ellis is a strategic operations and business intelligence specialist who is the owner of Debate Strategies, LLC. He has extensive experience in transforming operations through advanced analytics from his time at Nielsen and holds a degree in History from Towson University, along with certifications in strategic communication and decision-making.

Outside of his data-focused career, Andy is deeply passionate about grassroots democracy, advocacy, and social enterprise. He has coached competitive debate and previously served as COO for a youth entrepreneurial organization. In his spare time, he has a creative side, writing songs for personal projects.

Andy is currently writing a playlist of songs titled "songs about robots by robots. "

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Owner
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Personality Overview

How Andy shows up

Optimistic
Consensus Focused
Non-Confrontational

They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional. They agree with others often, so exercise caution when relying on their word. Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.

Priorities

Topics Andy cares about

Commercial AI Tools
His recent focus is on helping small and medium-sized businesses learn to use commercial AI tools, leveraging his background in automation and data transformation at Nielsen.
Winning Public Arguments
He founded Debate Strategies, LLC to transfer competitive debate principles and help political candidates and advocacy organizations articulate their vision and win public support.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Owner
Debate Strategies, LLC
1-2023 - 6-2025
Business Intelligence Lead
Nielsen
7-2022 - 1-2023
Manager, Operations Transformation
Nielsen
7-2021 - 7-2022
Strategic Operations Lead
Nielsen
6-2008 - 8-2009
Chief Operating Officer
Youth Organizing Urban Revitalization Systems
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1996 - 1999
History
Towson University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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