Laurie Levesque Upham

Laurie Levesque Upham is an experienced technology leader currently serving as an Open Source Engineering Manager at Amazon since November 2023. Previously, Laurie was a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from July 2019 to November 2023, focusing on building software solutions to safeguard AWS services from inadvertent outages. Laurie's extensive tenure at Amazon.com spanned from August 2000 to August 2017, where responsibilities included leading various projects as a Senior Technical Program Manager and managing a team as a Software Manager. Laurie's career began at IDX (GE Centricity) as a Deployment Manager, facilitating technical integration for healthcare software solutions. Laurie holds an MBA in International Finance from Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management and a BS in Nursing from the University of Southern Maine.