Joshua Burgin

Joshua Burgin is a seasoned product and technology executive with a history of building successful businesses and leading high-performing teams. As the Chief Product Officer at Upwind Security, he drives product development efforts, focusing on simplifying cloud-native security for customers who use Upwind’s Cloud Security Platform. Upwind not only bridges intelligence from runtime to build-time but also enhances collaboration among developers, security engineers, and DevOps teams, guaranteeing comprehensive cloud security precisely when and where it's most critical.

Before joining Upwind, Joshua served as the VP of Product & Strategy for VMware’s multi-billion-dollar Product & Cloud Services business and spent nearly a decade at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a General Manager in EC2. At AWS, he led initiatives including Spot, AutoScaling, Savings Plans, and Outposts, and sponsored successful acquisitions such as ClusterK, Thinkbox, and Nimble Collective, significantly boosting the growth of the cloud computing industry. Additionally, he held product and technology executive roles at several startups, where he honed his skills in innovation and rapid growth.

Joshua began his career as one of Amazon's first 100 employees, working as a software engineer during the company's early days. He is also a prolific inventor with over 20 patents and a sought-after speaker on innovation, DevOps, and cloud computing.