Amazon is an American multinational technology and vast Internet-based enterprise that sells books, music, movies, housewares, electronics, toys, and many other goods, either directly or as the middleman between other retailers and Amazon.com's millions of customers. More specifically, they are a company that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Their mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Its actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind.

Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories: a strategy that has earned it the moniker The Everything Store. It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox (autonomous vehicles), Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market.

Amazon has earned a reputation as a disruptor of well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale. As of 2021, it is the world's largest online retailer and marketplace. In 2021, it surpassed Walmart as the world's largest retailer outside of China, driven in large part by its paid subscription plan, Amazon Prime, which has over 200 million subscribers worldwide. It is the second-largest private employer in the United States.

Amazon also distributes a variety of downloadable and streaming content through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Twitch, and Audible units. It publishes books through its publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, film and television content through Amazon Studios, and has been the owner of film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since March 2022. It also produces consumer electronics—most notably, Kindle e-readers, Echo devices, Fire tablets, and Fire TVs.

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James Dibbo is currently the VP & CFO for Global Media & Entertainment, Advertising & Corporate Development at Amazon. James has previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer for P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. from December 2013 to December 2015. During their time at P.F. Chang's, they were responsible for accounting, finance, investor relations, IT, legal and risk services, procurement, facilities, distribution and supply chain management for the group. This included quarterly reporting to banks and bondholders, 10-Q/K equivalents, quarterly earnings calls and analyst and investor meetings.

Some of James' key achievements during their time at P.F. Chang's include leading strategic sourcing and operational improvements that realized $33m annualized savings, improved guest satisfaction and contributed to P. F. Chang's achieving its first quarter of positive same store sales in 5 years. 4-wall EBITDA margin improved by 260 bps. James also led the company response to a June 2014 credit card security breach coordinating with banks, card issuers, forensic investigators, legal and PR advisers and law enforcement. The response was acknowledged by cyber security experts as 'a text-book case in the right way of doing things'. 

James restructured the organization to operate as three stand-alone companies with dedicated CEOs and shared services support. James introduced a new strategic planning process and incentive plans to align field managers and home office leaders with shareholder multi-year plan goals. James also upgraded the Supply Chain, IT, legal and finance teams including new CPO and CIO. James led a highly successful program to improve Support Office people engagement resulting in an increase in the Executive Leadership approval rating from 23% to 72% in three months. Lastly, they transformed both internal and guest facing IT. James implemented a food cost management system, end-to-end credit card encryption, new loyalty programs, websites, mobile capabilities, on-line ordering and payment solutions.

James Dibbo's educational career includes receiving a G2020 from the Global Leadership Program at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, an FCA from Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a BScEcon in Economics from Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd.

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Kara Hurst leads Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon. Utilizing Amazon’s scale, speed, and innovation, Sustainability at Amazon includes core teams focused on packaging innovation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, circular economy, social responsibility and human rights, sustainability science and innovation, sustainability technology, partnerships and external engagement, and sustainable transportation. Prior to Amazon, Hurst served as CEO of The Sustainability Consortium and as a Vice President of BSR for 11 years, where she built global industry practices in technology, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, and entertainment. Prior to BSR, Hurst worked in Silicon Valley as executive director of the public-private venture OpenVoice, in corporate affairs for the Children’s Health Council, as a research lead at the Urban Institute, and as a policy staffer for both Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco and the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York.


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Danae Kokenos is the current head of strategy and programming for international originals at Amazon Studios. Danae has previous experience working in business operations for the Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Club, Lot 47, and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Danae also has experience in assistant marketing manager from their time at Bmg Video.

Danae Kokenos earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television from [New York University](/org/nyu).

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Dan Scharf is the Global Head of Business Affairs at Amazon Studios. Dan has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, specializing in business and legal affairs. 

Dan began their career as an in-house counsel at the Screen Actors Guild in 1997. Dan then moved to Fox Television Studios, where they served as Director of Business & Legal Affairs from 1998 to 2001. In 2002, they joined Disney Cable Networks Group as Exec Director of Business Affairs, a position they held for three years before moving to [The Jim Henson Company](/org/the-jim-henson-company) in 2006. 

At [The Jim Henson Company](/org/the-jim-henson-company), Dan served as Head of Business & Legal Affairs and General Counsel for seven years. In this role, they oversaw all business and legal affairs for the company, including the negotiation of development and production deals for film, television, and digital properties. Dan also negotiated the distribution of current and library properties on a worldwide basis, in all media. In addition, Dan led negotiations for all SAG/AFTRA, WGA, DGA, and IASTE guild matters. 

Dan joined Amazon in 2013 as Global Head of Business Affairs. In this role, they oversee all legal aspects of Amazon’s business operations globally.

Dan Scharf studied English at [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university) in the City of New York, and then went on to study law at the University of California, Davis - School of Law.

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Bob Bowen is the current head of Worldwide Music at Amazon Studios. Prior to this, they served as President of Music at [Relativity Media](/org/relativity-media) from February 2011 to October 2015. In this role, Bowen was responsible for the overall creative direction, strategic development, and implementation of [Relativity](/org/relativity)'s music initiatives. This included overseeing the department's administrative and day-to-day business functions, as well as creative, production, and management of [Relativity](/org/relativity)'s film music. Bob also oversaw the company's record label, [Relativity](/org/relativity) Music Group.

As President of Music, Bowen was responsible for the music production on some of [Relativity](/org/relativity)'s most successful films, including Immortals and Mirror Mirror. Bob also oversaw the production of original music, such as the Golden Globe-nominated "For You" by Keith Urban and the Grammy-nominated "We Both Know" by Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw. In total, they have overseen the production and release of over 25 soundtracks.

Bob Bowen is a music industry veteran with over 20 years of experience. Bob has a proven track record of success in both creative and business roles. Bob is a strong leader with a passion for music and its ability to connect people around the world.

Bob Bowen attended St. Bonaventure University, where they earned their BBA in marketing. Bob then went on to earn their MBA from the Saïd Business School at the [University of Oxford](/org/university-of-oxford).

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Mike comes to Amazon with over 20 years of industry experience at Fox, Hulu and Sony.

Hopkins joined SPT in October 2017 and focused most of his efforts over the past 2+ years on restructuring the studio’s TV operations. Under his watch, Sony acquired the remaining 42% of GSN it didn’t already own from [AT&T](/org/att) and sold a majority stake in its streaming service Crackle to Chicken Soup for the Soul, among other deals.

Hopkins was named CEO of Hulu in 2013 amid turmoil at the streaming service, then co-owned by 21st Century Fox, Disney, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal) and Time Warner, which at the time had been run by an interim CEO with its owners exploring a sale. During his four-year tenure, Hopkins built up the company, which doubled revenue and tripled its market valuation and made Emmy history as the first streaming service to land a Best Series award for The Handmaid’s Tale.

Prior to that, Hopkins was President of Distribution for Fox Networks where he oversaw the distribution strategy, sales and marketing for the company’s 45 linear and non-linear U.S. channels, as well as on-demand and digital extensions. His team also developed authenticated and digital video products BTN2GO and Fox Now.

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Rebecca Gansert serves as the Vice President, Global Specialty Fulfillment at Amazon. Rebecca joined Amazon in 1998, and has held a variety of leadership roles within the company, including Director, North American Fulfillment, Quality & Loss Prevention; Director, Worldwide Operations Integration, Capacity Planning, & Benchmark Audit; and Director, Prime Now, Worldwide Operations. 

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Heather MacDougall  currently serves as the vice president of worldwide employee health and safety for Amazon. She was a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) from 2014 until 2019. She served as the acting chair of OSHRC from January 2017 until her resignation in March 2019. MacDougall was first nominated to the post by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the [U.S. Senate](/org/u-s-senate) in March 2014.[In April 2017, President Donald Trump nominated her to continue as a commissioner for a second term. She was confirmed by the [U.S. Senate](/org/u-s-senate) for an additional term on the OSHRC on August 3, 2017. She resigned from OSHRC in March 2019 in order to join Amazon.

A graduate of the [University of Wisconsin](/org/university-of-wisconsin-madison) and Marquette University Law School, MacDougall has served as associate general counsel to the HR Policy Association, as chief counsel to former OSHRC Chairman W. Scott Railton, and as a labor, employment, and occupational safety and health law attorney at Akerman LLP.

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Stephenie Landry is the VP of Grocery at Amazon. Stephenie has been with Amazon.com for over 13 years and during that time she has held a variety of roles with a special focus on launching new initiatives. She was a founding team member of Amazon Fresh (fresh grocery delivery), and she led the conception and launch of several initiatives including Amazon Student, Amazon Mom, and Prime Pantry. She also led the team that created Prime Now, bringing the idea to market in 111 days total. Stephenie joined Amazon as a Pathways Intern after earning her Masters from University of Michigan. Prior to joining Amazon, she spent two years working at an Internet Start-up in San Francisco prior to earning her Master’s Degree.

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David Shearer is currently the Vice President of Smart Home and Photos at Amazon. Prior to this, they worked as an Operations Intern at Amazon from June 2001 to September 2001. Before Amazon, they worked at Gap, Inc as Corporate Strategy from January 1998 to December 2000. Shearer also has experience in investment banking, working at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown from June 1997 to July 1998 as an Investment Banking Associate and at Alex. Brown from June 1995 to June 1997 as a Financial Analyst.

David Shearer has a BA in Economics from [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth) and an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

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Jason Buechel is the CEO of [Whole Foods Market](/org/whole-foods-market) at Amazon. Jason was previously with [Accenture](/org/accenture) from March 2000 to January 2013, where they were a Managing Director/Partner responsible for Store Solutions offerings in North America. Jason has extensive experience working with leading retailers on strategic transformation and new capability development, specializing in Store Operations, Point of Sale, Mobility, Workforce Management, Cloud Computing, Tender Authorization and Digital Signage. Jason has advised leading companies in Banking, Energy, Consumer Goods and Telcomm on developing their retail capabilities.

Jason Buechel attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where they earned a Bachelor’s degree in Information Science. Jason also attended L. P. Goodrich High School.

They work with Doug Herrington - SVP, North America Retail, Neil Lindsay - SVP, Health & Brand - WW Consumer, and Pat Bajari - Chief Economist & VP, Amazon Core AI. and Arun Rajan - VP, Technology Physical Stores & CTO, Whole Foods reports to Jason Buechel. Their manager is Douglas J. Herrington, CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores.

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Tony Hoggett has worked in the retail industry for over 20 years. Tony began their career at [Tesco](/org/tesco) in 2001, where they held various positions including Group Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer. In this role, they were responsible for the Extra Hypermarket division in the UK.

In 2017, Tony joined China Resources Vanguard (Hong Kong) as a Board Member. In this role, they were responsible for the P&L of all Channels in the UK as well as Ecommerce strategy globally. Tony also oversaw the group JV in India (also China prior to 2020 disposal).

In July 2018, Tony joined Amazon as SVP, Physical Stores. In this role, they are responsible for Amazon's global operations including Hypermarkets, Superstores, Convenience, Supply Chain, Distribution and Fulfilment. Tony also oversees the company's 5,000 global store operations with 350,000 colleagues.

Tony Hoggett has a degree in Business Administration and Management from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school). Tony also has a degree from [INSEAD](/org/insead).

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Sarah Rhoads is the current VP of Amazon Global Air. Sarah previously served in the US Navy for 34 months as a Flag Aide / Executive Assistant. In this role, they were responsible for coordinating the daily, weekly, and monthly schedule of a senior executive, including travel to 18 countries and 42 international cities. Sarah was also responsible for liaising with members of the international community to facilitate high level visits throughout the Asia-Pacific Region, covering 48 million square miles, 35 countries and 50% of the world’s population. Sarah was requested by name to coordinate an international transition of a senior executive from Japan to Washington, D.C., and to continue to serve as their executive assistant in their position as #3 in the U.S. Navy. Prior to their role as Flag Aide / Executive Assistant, Sarah served in the US Navy as an F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Instructor Pilot for 8 years.

Sarah Rhoads received their Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy. Sarah then went on to receive their Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College.

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Jamil Ghani is the current VP of Amazon Prime. Jamil has worked for various companies in the past, including [PayPal](/org/paypal), Kvantum Inc., and Target. At [PayPal](/org/paypal), they were an advisor on the Large Enterprise Customer Advisory Board, which influenced [PayPal](/org/paypal) technology and customer acquisition strategies. At Kvantum Inc., they were an advisory board member and helped with go-to-market planning and sales leads. Finally, at Target, they were the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Strategy & Innovation, Wellness, Consumer Internet of Things. In this position, they were responsible for guiding the company’s strategic transformation, building digital and omnichannel capabilities, and driving growth with new business concepts for today's on demand, digitally-driven marketplace.

Jamil Ghani earned their MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) in the field of General Management. Prior to that, they earned their A.B. from [Harvard University](/org/harvard) in Economics, Computer Science, and Jamil'story of Science.

Some of their coworkers include David Shearer - VP, Smart Home and Photos, Cameron Janes - VP, Physical Stores, and David Bozeman - VP, Amazon Transportation Services. Jamil Ghani reports to Douglas J. Herrington, CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores.

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Gail Carpenter is a VP of Finance and the CFO of Amazon Stores. Gail has previously worked as the SVP, Finance - Global Supply Chain at [Mattel](/org/mattel) from March 2008 to August 2015. Gail has also served as the VP, International Finance at [Mattel](/org/mattel) from January 2001 to December 2008 and as the Sr. Director, WW Consumer Affairs from January 1995 to December 1998. In addition, they have also worked as the CFO at Lluminari from January 1999 to December 2001 and as the Vice President, Customer Operations at Protection One from January 1998 to December 1999. Her previous experience also includes working as the Regional Manager Customer Service at Adelphia Communications from January 1992 to December 1994 and in various positions in Strategic Planning, Marketing and Customer Services at GTE Wireless from January 1989 to December 1994.

Gail Carpenter has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BBA in Accounting from [Texas A&M University](/org/texas-a-m-university).

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Mr. Amit Agarwal, a native of Mumbai, obtained his B.Tech. degree in Computer Science in 1995 from IIT Kanpur and further went on to complete his masters in the same discipline from [Stanford University](/org/stanford) in 1997. Following it, he joined Cambridge Technology Partners in Silicon Valley only to leave it in few months for [Informatica](/org/informatica). 

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David Carbon was named the Vice President, Prime Air for Amazon in March 2020. David was a long-time executive with Boeing with over 20 years of experience bringing ground-breaking aerospace innovations to scale safely and reliably. He lastly served as Vice President, Operations 787 Program for Boeing, where he led all aspects of operations for the 787 including Manufacturing, Assembly, Delivery, Materials, and Supplier Management. 

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John Felton is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Amazon. John joined Amazon in 2004 as a Senior Financial Analyst for US Media Media Vendor Management. He has held a variety of different leadership roles with the company, including Director, Finance, Video Games and Electronics Retail Finance; Director, Investor Relations; and Vice President, Worldwide Operations. Prior to joining Amazon, he was a Summer Associate with [Medtronic](/org/medtronic), and before this was a member of the Corporate Audit staff with GE. John holds a BA, Economics/Political Science from [Middlebury College](/org/middlebury-college), and an MBA from Harvard.  

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Dilip Kumar is responsible for Amazon's checkout-free shopping experience, Amazon Go. Dilip's team includes business development, product, operations, computer vision scientists, hardware and software engineering, UX and industrial design, networking, manufacturing, supply chain, and security professionals responsible for building the Just Walk Out Technology. Prior to his current role, Dilip held the coveted position of Vice President and Technical to Jeff Bezos. Before this, he was Vice President of Pricing & Promotions, and before that, Director of Retail Supply Chain Management. Before joining Amazon in 2003, he was with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Dilip holds a Bachelors of Engineering, Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, a Masters of Engineering, Computer Science from [Penn State University](/org/penn-state), and an MBA, Strategic Management, Marketing and Operations from Wharton.

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Pat Bajari is the current Chief Economist & VP of Amazon Core AI at Amazon. Prior to this, they were an Affiliate Professor of Economics at the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington), and before that, a Professor of Economics at the Carlson School of Management. Pat has also held positions as a professor at the University of Michigan and [Duke University](/org/duke-university), and as an assistant professor at [Stanford University](/org/stanford) and [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Pat Bajari has a PhD in Economics from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota), a BS in Economics from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota), and a BA in Mathematics from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota). Pat also has an Economics degree from Saint John's University.

Pat Bajari works with David Shearer - VP, Smart Home and Photos, Cameron Janes - VP, Physical Stores, and Michael Frazzini - VP, Game, Services & Studios. Pat Bajari reports to Douglas J. Herrington, CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores.

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Neil Lindsay is Senior Vice President of Amazon Health Services for Amazon Stores. As chief marketing officer of Sprint Prepaid Group prior to Amazon, Lindsay was responsible for managing the product, platform and program management departments of the Sprint Prepaid Group including such brands as Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA. Lindsay led the efforts to evolve the brands and product offerings in alignment with the company's charter, business strategy and target market needs. Throughout his 20-year career, Lindsay has held senior level positions in both product development and marketing at corporate and start-up technology companies in Australia, Asia Pacific and the United States. Prior to Boost Mobile, he developed online products and services for blue chip companies as CEO of one of Asia Pacific's largest Internet solutions companies. Lindsay also served eight years with Hewlett-Packard in a variety of roles, including as Worldwide Product Line Manager for a range of Hewlett-Packard printers. Lindsay holds a bachelor of applied science degree from [Edith Cowan University](/org/edith-cowan-university) in Western Australia, and a master's in business administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, Calif.

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Dave Treadwell is currently the SVP of e-Commerce Services at Amazon. Dave previously worked at Microsoft Corporation from July 1989 to November 2016, where they were a Corporate Vice President in the Identity Division, working on Win10, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Windows Live, .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET, and Windows NT.

Dave Treadwell has an engineer's degree in electrical, electronics, and communications engineering from [Princeton University](/org/princeton). Dave also has a degree from Gilman School.

A direct report to Dave Treadwell is and Sukumar Rathnam - VP, eCommerce Services. Dave Treadwell reports to Douglas J. Herrington, CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores. They work with Michael Frazzini - VP, Game, Services & Studios, Pat Bajari - Chief Economist & VP, Amazon Core AI, and John Mackey - CEO, [Whole Foods Market](/org/whole-foods-market).

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Before joining Amazon in 2017, Christine Beauchamp was global brand president at [Ralph Lauren](/org/polo-ralph-lauren).

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Christopher Wellise is the current Director of Sustainability & Carbon for AWS at Amazon. Christopher has also previously served as a Board Member for the Global Compact Network USA from March 2020 to March 2021, and as the Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for Hewlett Packard Enterprise from August 2015 to January 2021. 

Wellise has focused their career on increasing sustainability performance and customer and investor value for some of the world's largest leading technology companies. Christopher is experienced in working with C-Suite executives, including CEOs and Board of Directors, to develop and integrate ESG strategies across an entire value chain. Christopher has also built and led global teams of subject matter experts to execute against industry leading targets on issues such as climate change, waste minimization, and driving a circular economy. 

Under Wellise's leadership, sustainability has resulted in over $585M of revenue for HPE and the company was named as the DJSI Industry Leader in the Technology Hardware industry.

Christopher Wellise has a Master of Science in Environmental Studies from [San Jose State University](/org/san-jose-state-university), and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Fowler School of Business at [San Diego State University](/org/san-diego-state-university).

Their manager is Adam N. Selipsky, CEO, Amazon Web Services. They are on a team with Adam Bosworth  - VP, Software, James Hamilton - VP, Distinguished Engineer, AWS, and CJ Moses - Chief Information Security Officer, AWS.

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Michael Punke is the Vice President of Global AWS Public Policy at Amazon. Michael was previously the US Ambassador to the [World Trade Organization](/org/world-trade-organization) and the Deputy US Trade Representative. Prior to that, they worked as a writer, consultant, and adjunct professor at the [University of Montana](/org/university-of-montana). Michael is the author of the novel, The Revenant, which was adapted into an award-winning film, as well as two works of narrative nonfiction and several screenplays. 

Punke began their career in public service as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of the United States Trade Representative from 1995 to 1996. Michael then served as the Director for International Economic Affairs at The White House from 1993 to 1995. In 2000, they became a Partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, and they served in that role until 2003. Michael then founded Michael Punke Consulting, where they served as Principal until 2010. 

Ambassador Punke has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Theirtory from the [University of Montana](/org/university-of-montana).

Michael Punke received their JD from Cornell Law School and their Bachelor's Degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University.

Their manager is Jay Carney, SVP, Worldwide Corporate Affairs. They work with Drew Herdener - VP, Worldwide Communications, Christina Lee - VP, Consumer PR, and Paul Misener - VP, Global Innovation Policy.

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Swami Sivasubramanian is the Vice President of Database, Analytics & Machine Learning for AWS.

Sivasubramanian has built several large scale systems including Amazon Dynamo and DynamoDB, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon RDS, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon's core Paxos infra, and Amazon SNS Mobile Push. Swami is one of the main authors of Amazon Dynamo paper (along with Werner Vogels) that was published in SOSP 2007 and became the foundation of several other NoSQL stores.

Swami Sivasubramanian has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), an M.S. in Computer Engineering from [Iowa State University](/org/iowa-state-university), and a B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai.

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Kurt Kufeld is the VP of AWS Platform at Amazon. Kurt has over twenty years of experience in the industry, having served as a manager at both [Honeywell](/org/honeywell) and Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Kurt is an expert in their field and has been instrumental in the success of both companies.

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James Hamilton is a Senior Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon. James specializes in infrastructure efficiency, reliability, and scaling. James has been with Amazon since December 2008. Prior to that, they were with Microsoft from March 1997 to December 2008 as an architect on the Windows Live Core team. Before that, they were with IBM from January 1986 to February 1997 as the DB2 Lead Architect.

James Hamilton has a Masters in Computer Science from the [University of Waterloo](/org/university-of-waterloo) and a BSc in Computer Science from the [University of Victoria](/org/university-of-victoria).

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Matt Garman is the SVP, Sales & Marketing, AWS at Amazon. Matt was previously the Dir Product Management at SideStep from March 2001 to August 2004. Before that, they were the Product Manager at Riffage from January 1999 to December 2000.

Matt Garman's educational career includes an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, an MS in Industrial Engineering from [Stanford University](/org/stanford), and a BS in Industrial Engineering from [Stanford University](/org/stanford).

Matt Garman reports to Adam N. Selipsky, CEO, Amazon Web Services. Some of their coworkers include Christopher Wellise - Director of Sustainability & Carbon, AWS, James Hamilton - VP, Distinguished Engineer, AWS, and CJ Moses - Chief Information Security Officer, AWS. Some individuals on their team include Elaine Chang - VP, AWS Greater China, Doug Yeum - VP, Alliances, and Dave Brown - VP, Compute Services.

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Drew Herdener is currently the SVP of Worldwide Communications at Amazon.

Drew has a bachelor's degree in communications/public relations from [Seattle University](/org/seattle-university).

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Colleen Aubrey is the Senior Vice President, Advertising Products & Tech at Amazon. She is a 15-year veteran with the company, having joined Amazon in 2005 as a Sales Manager. In 2012, Colleen was promoted to Director, Amazon Product Ads. She has continued to rise through the ranks, and was promoted to her current role in 2017. In December 2019, Colleen was promoted to become a member of Jeff Bezos's S-team. In 2020, Aubrey was promoted to her current position.

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Prasad Kalyanaraman is the VP of Infrastructure Services at Amazon. Prasad previously worked as a Senior Consultant at AddVal Technology Inc. from October 1997 to June 2005.

Prasad Kalyanaraman graduated with a Master of Science from [Queen's University](/org/queens-university). Prasad also holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. Kalyanaraman's secondary education was completed at S.T.Johns Senior Secondary School.

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DeSantis, senior vice president of utility computing, is one of three AWS employees in the S-group, including his direct boss, AWS CEO Andy Jassy.

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Jeff Blackburn is a senior vice president at Amazon. Jeff is responsible for the company's digital content and advertising businesses, including Prime Video, Amazon Studios, IMDb, Amazon Music, and WW Advertising. Jeff also heads up Amazon's M&A, investments, and strategic business development efforts worldwide.

Blackburn began their career at [Morgan Stanley](/org/morgan-stanley) in 1995 as an associate. Jeff then moved to [Deutsche Bank](/org/deutsche-bank) in 1996, where they worked as an associate until 1998. In 1998, they joined Amazon.com as a senior vice president. Jeff helped build the company for 22 years and was part of Amazon's S-Team from 2006 until their departure in 2020.

Jeff Blackburn has a B.A. in Economics from [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth) and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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David Limp is the Senior Vice President of Devices and Services at Amazon.com. He is also the Vice President of Kindle and oversees the development of all hardware business at Amazon including the Alexa and all Amazon devices. Additionally, he serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of [Azure Capital Partners](/org/azure-capital-partners).

Prior to his current role, David served as Venture Partner of [Azure Capital Partners](/org/azure-capital-partners). Additionally, he served as the COO of Limbo Inc., the Senior Vice President of Corporate and Business Development of ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc., and was responsible for corporate development, business development and applications. Prior to that Mr. Limp had various positions at [Navio](/org/navio) and Apple.

David has BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from [Vanderbilt University](/org/vanderbilt-university) and a M.S. degree in Management from Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.

David Limp

Mike Williams is currently the Associate General Counsel, Payments at Amazon. Prior to this, they were an Associate at Latham & Watkins LLP from April 2004 to June 2010 and at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates from October 2003 to April 2004.

Mike Williams attended the [University of Richmond](/org/university-of-richmond) for their undergraduate degree, where they studied philosophy. Mike then went on to Georgetown University Law Center to earn their Doctor of Law.

Mike Williams

David Zapolsky joined Amazon.com in November 1999 as Associate General Counsel for Litigation and Regulatory matters and was promoted to Vice President in April 2002. He became Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in September 2012, overseeing the company’s legal, policy, compliance, and regulatory affairs, and Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in May 2014.

Prior to joining Amazon.com, David was a partner at the Seattle offices of Dorsey & Whitney and Bogle & Gates. Before moving to Seattle from New York City in 1994, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and later practiced law at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. He received his undergraduate degree in music from Columbia University and a J.D. with honors from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Kathleen Sapios is the Director of Global Tax Operations at Amazon. Kathleen has over 25 years of experience in the taxation field. 

Kathleen started their career at [JPMorgan Chase](/org/jpmorgan-chase) in 1994 as the Head of Multicurrency & Research Group in the Chase Private Bank Tax Services. Kathleen then moved to Citi in 1996 and became the Head of Tax Operations for the Private Bank. In 2000, they joined Merrill Lynch as their Director and Tax Counsel responsible for firm-wide information reporting and qualified intermediary (QI) compliance. 

In 2004, Kathleen left Merrill Lynch to join UBS Investment Bank as their Global Head of Tax Operations. Kathleen remained in this position until 2010 when they moved to Royal Bank of Scotland as their Head of Tax Operations. Kathleen was with Royal Bank of Scotland from 2010 until 2013 when they joined Amazon as their Director of Global Tax Operations.

Kathleen Sapios has a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law, an L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of Michigan.

Kathleen Sapios reports to Kurt Lamp, VP, Global Tax.

Kathleen Sapios

Peter Krawiec is the Vice President of World Wide Corporate Development at Amazon. Additionally, Peter Krawiec has had 2 past jobs including Investment Banker at JP Morgan.


Peter Krawiec

Mr. Olsavsky joined Amazon.com in April 2002. As CFO of Amazon.com, he oversees the company's overall financial activities, including controllership, tax, treasury, analysis, investor relations, internal audit and financial operations. Prior to becoming Senior Vice President and CFO in June 2015, he served as Vice President, Finance and CFO for the Global Consumer Business. In his role as Vice President, Finance and CFO for the Global Consumer Business, Mr. Olsavsky had oversight and responsibility for the finance team supporting Amazon.com websites, merchant services, and fulfillment operations and subsidiaries. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Olsavsky was Vice President, Finance for Amazon's North America retail business unit and acquisitions, and from 2002 to 2007 Mr. Olsavsky led the finance departments for Amazon's Worldwide Operations organization. Prior to joining Amazon.com, Mr. Olsavsky spent seven years at Fisher Scientific, where he held a variety of financial and business management roles, and a total of eight years at BF Goodrich and Union Carbide, where he held a variety of financial and operational roles. Mr. Olsavsky received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State and an MBA in Finance from [Carnegie Mellon University](/org/carnegie-mellon-university).

Brian T. Olsavsky

Jorrit Van der Meulen is the Vice President of Amazon EU Retail. Jorrit has been with Amazon since May 1999, starting as Director. Prior to Amazon, they were with Trilogy as business development from January 1998 to December 1998.

Jorrit Van der Meulen completed a Bachelor of Arts at the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington)'s Jackson School of International Studies before moving on to [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) to earn their MBA.

Jorrit Van der Meulen

Andy Jassy is President and CEO of Amazon.com and also serves on the Board of Directors. He founded and led Amazon Web Services (AWS) from its inception and served as its CEO from April 2016 until July 2021. He joined Amazon in 1997 and, prior to founding AWS, held various leadership roles across the company, including both business-to-business and business-to-consumer. He serves as a Commissioner on the National Security Commission for AI, on the Trust of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, on the Board of Trustees for Rainier Scholars, and as Chair of Rainier Prep’s Board of Directors. He has an AB from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Andy Jassy

Min Cho

Michael Choy

James Farrell is the current VP of International Content at Amazon Studios. Prior to this, they were with [Sony Pictures Entertainment](/org/sony-pictures-entertainment) for 10 years, where they managed Sony Pictures Television's feature film and TV distribution business for Japan. James also increased revenues for Japan by 60%. Farrell also interned at 20th Century Fox in their International Distribution & Finance department. Before their work in the entertainment industry, Farrell worked in sales and trading at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

James Farrell's educational career includes an MBA from Columbia Business School, a BA in International Politics & Economics from Middlebury College, and graduation from The Dalton School.

James Farrell

Tanner Elton is VP of US Advertising Sales at Amazon. He joined Amazon in 2012 as a Senior Sales Manager, Entertainment. He was promoted to Head of Entertainment Sales in 2015, and in 2018 became the Director of National Ad Sales - Entertainment, Automotive, Travel, Video Games, & Toys, and was promoted to his current role in 2019. Prior to joining Amazon, he was with MySpace, Rovion, and M4, Inc. He holds a BS, Communications: Advertising/Marketing from [Brigham Young University](/org/brigham-young-university).

Tanner Elton

Babak Parviz is the Vice President of Grand Challenge at Amazon. Babak was previously a Director and Distinguished Engineer at Google, where they founded and led the Google Glass effort from inception to June 2013. Babak also co-founded the smart contact lens effort at Google and founded and led the robotic surgery effort at Google. Prior to their work at Google, Parviz was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at [Harvard University](/org/harvard) in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Babak has also worked as a product manager for Nanovation, where they were responsible for product management and device engineering for integrated photonics.

Babak Parviz received a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Babak then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington). Next, they completed a Master of Science in Physics and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. Finally, they earned their Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. After completing their PhD, Parviz worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Their manager is David Limp, SVP, Devices & Services. They work with Gregg Zehr - President, Lab126, Toni Reid - VP, Alexa Experience & Echo Devices, and Col Needham - Founder & CEO, IMDb.

Babak Parviz

Rohit Prasad is currently the SVP & Head Scientist for [Alexa](/org/alexa) at Amazon. Prior to joining Amazon in 2013, they spent 14 years with Raytheon BBN Technologies, where they served as Deputy Manager and Sr. Director for the Speech, Language, and Multimedia Business Unit. In this role, they led a team of researchers, developers, and program managers on large-scale projects in areas spanning speech-to-speech translation, psychological health analytics, document image translation, speech recognition, and text classification. Rohit also played a key role in technology transition, ensuring that the technologies developed by their team had a positive impact on end users.

Rohit Prasad graduated from the DAV high school. Rohit then went on to study at the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra where they completed their BE in Electronics and Communication Engg. Following that, they pursued an MS in Electrical Engineering from the [Illinois Institute of Technology](/org/illinois-institute-of-technology). Finally, they completed an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management through the Greater Boston Executive Program.

Rohit Prasad reports to Tom Taylor, SVP, [Alexa](/org/alexa) Management. They are on a team with and Debra Chrapaty - VP & COO, Amazon [Alexa](/org/alexa).

Rohit Prasad

Alex Collins

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Uwem Ukpong

Rahul Goyal

Brad Cohen

Robert Mahon

Brian Dixon

Olivia Janowicz

Arjun  Kalra

Siran Jiang

Anni Dasgupta Abshire

Pallavi  Sharma

Tom  Gormley

Nick Padoan

Christina Sameth

Diana Kalinowska

Rita Sadhvani

Kat Piscia

Koi Setorie

Ann Culver

Ed Cushing

Taylor Hook

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Jason Richman

Robert Williams

Brett Petersel

Ryan McCrate is currently the VP, Associate General Counsel - [Alexa](/org/alexa) & Echo at Amazon. Prior to this role, Ryan held several positions at Amazon including Associate General Counsel - [Alexa](/org/alexa), Echo, & Amazon Pay, Associate General Counsel - Echo, [Alexa](/org/alexa), & Appstore, and Sr. Corporate Counsel. Ryan started their career as an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP where they worked for four years before joining Amazon in 2007.

Ryan McCrate obtained their B.S. in Biology from [Case Western Reserve University](/org/case-western-reserve-university) and their J.D. from Yale Law School.

Ryan McCrate

Tracey Lentz is currently the Head of Creative, Unscripted TV at Amazon Studios. Prior to this, they were the Vice President of Unscripted Programming at [AMC Networks](/org/amc-networks) from 2014-2015, and before that, the Vice President of Development at Eyeworks USA/3Ball Entertainment from 2012-2014. Lentz has also held positions as Development Consultant at ABC Television from 2009-2010, Executive Director of Programming at TLC from 2007-2009, and Executive Director of Original Programming at Game Show Network (GSN) from 2005-2007.

Tracey Lentz has a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Tracey Lentz

Brian Taptitch is currently the Vice President of the World Wide Specialist Organization at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Brian has held this position since August 2017. Prior to that, they were the CEO of Bitcasa from August 2013 to June 2017. From November 2010 to June 2013, Brian Taptitch was the Vice President of International at [Zynga](/org/zynga). Brian was also a Strategic Advisor and Investor at Davis Shapiro Media Advisors from July 2008 to November 2010. Brian Taptitch co-founded Alarm Clock Worldwide in December 1998 and served as its Research Director & Editor from December 1994 to November 1998. Brian also served as General Manager and VP of Business Development at BitTorrent, Inc. from December 2005 to July 2008. Prior to that, Brian Taptitch was the VP of Online Strategic Development at [Electronic Arts](/org/electronic-arts) from September 2003 to December 2005. Brian began their career as a Summer Associate at Allen & Company in June 2002 and later became a Spring/Summer Principal at Doll Capital Management in February 2001.

Brian Taptitch received their high school diploma from The Landon School. Brian then went on to earn their BA from [Williams College](/org/williams-college). Finally, they earned their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

Brian Taptitch

Nadya Dhalla is the current General Manager of Alexa Entertainment at Amazon. Nadya has been with Amazon since 2013, starting out as Sr. Manager of Apparel Operations. In October 2015, Nadya took on the role of Director of Amazon Go. And in December 2019, Nadya became a Technical Advisor to the Senior Vice President of Amazon Alexa. Nadya has been instrumental in leading the Audio Entertainment business and organization for Amazon Alexa, with responsibility for 300+ engineers, product and business teams inventing on behalf of our customers to bring music, podcasts, radio and books from dozens of service providers to tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices worldwide.

Nadya Dhalla has a Master of Science (MS) in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from MIT, and a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Chemical Engineering / Biotechnology from [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university).

Nadya Dhalla

Dave Brown

Christina Lee is currently the VP of Reputation & Content Strategy at Amazon. Christina has previous experience working as the Director of Head of Communications at Hulu from January 2007 to December 2010. Prior to that, Christina worked as a Product Manager at Microsoft Corporation from January 2003 to December 2007. Christina also has experience working as a Product Manager at Amazon from January 2000 to December 2003.

Christina Lee received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School and [Tsinghua University](/org/tsinghua-university).

Christina Lee

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Tamara Golihew is the current head of Amazon Studios Global Entertainment Content Publicity. Tamara has previously worked as an SVP at Warner Bros. Television, overseeing publicity and social media from January 2011 to October 2016. Prior to that, they were with Warner Bros. from August 2006 to January 2012 as SVP of Publicity.

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