Tammy Hamilton is a senior executive, management consultant, and MBA faculty member with 20+ years of leadership experience driving growth, transformation, and strategic execution across autonomous technology, aviation, transportation, and fleet services. She has held executive leadership roles at Gatik, Driving Force, and Air North, leading commercialization, expansion, acquisitions, and operational scale.
As founder of Direct Approach Consulting, Tammy advises organizations on strategy, performance, and organizational transformation, bringing a practical, evidence-based perspective shaped by both executive leadership and academia. Strategic growth and transformation, commercial partnerships, operational scale-up, organizational performance, M&A integration, executive leadership, business strategy, aviation and transportation operations, autonomous logistics, and performance improvement.
Experience
Most recently, as VP at Gatik, Tammy led strategic partnerships and commercialization of autonomous logistics solutions with major enterprise clients. Previously, as Senior VP at Driving Force, she drove rapid organizational growth, greenfield expansion, and acquisitions. Earlier, as Director of Operations at Air North, she led significant operational growth, domestic and international expansion, and strategic airline partnerships.. Her consulting work extends this experience across diverse sectors, helping organizations navigate complexity, growth, and change.
Education
2025
Master of Business Administration in Executive Management
Royal Roads University
2021
Business/Commerce
University of British Columbia
2001
Business Administration Diploma
Yukon University