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AmazonLead Gen AI Technologist
Feb. 2025Scottsdale, Arizona, United StatesAt Amazon, I lead with expertise in GenAI and Software development the adoption of Generative AI across large organizations at Amazon, as a catalyst for technical, product, employee enjoyment and cultural transformation. As an empathetic leader my goal is to bring everyone along the GenAI revolution. I lead by doing, lean on my additional technical expertise, my product development and delivery and at the same time delivering real time training, demos, curriculums, certification programs. My focus is on embedding GenAI deeply into how we build, operate, and innovate—helping teams move faster, improve quality, unlock new efficiencies, and innovations that lead to fast iterations and of product ideas leading to faster time to market. I partner directly with senior leadership (VPs and directors) and principal engineers to design strategic pilots, measure real-world impact, and scale the most promising applications across all of Amazon. I believe Generative AI is more than a tool; it’s a new way of thinking that demands curiosity, courage, and a willingness to experiment. I work hands-on with engineering teams to integrate tools like Amazon Q, Amazon Bedrock, and other products outside of Amazon to integrate into their daily workflows, while also building leadership mechanisms that foster widespread adoption. Every success story we generate not only accelerates our technical and innovation velocity but strengthens the culture of Think Big to continue to create exceptional value to our Customers. My passion lies in painting the vision of what we we will become, how we will prepare, and how we make real progress to get there and then getting my hands dirty with these abilities by helping builders, product managers and leaders alike tap into the potential of AI to create a better, faster, more resilient future where we bring the people with us and prepare for a more curated and guided way of working with AI on our hips.
AmazonSenior Business - Tech Leader (Software and Product)
Jan. 2021 - Apr. 2025Phoenix, Arizona, United States
AmazonSenior Software Development Manager
May. 2017 - May. 2022Tempe, Arizona
Intel CorporationDirector Software Engineering
Jan. 2016 - Jun. 2017www.OSIC.orgAs the on site Software Engineering Director of the Open Stack Innovation Center, I lead the hiring, integration, training and development of the next generation of OpenStack developers and senior leaders. Led the OpenStack Innovation Center to deliver to product roadmap on the last three OpenStack releases. Multiple talks and interviews at OpenStack Summits can be viewed on my profile.
Intel CorporationDirector Software Engineering
Oct. 2013 - Dec. 2015Chandler, ArizonaLed a large cross-functional software team across multiple geographies in building critical platform software for Intel.
Established and Delivered on key partnerships to ensure software was integrated across multiple Intel products and platforms. Utilized and led latest agile and devops principles to deliver first release and subsequent releases in record time and quality. Owned all aspects of software development and delivery from quality assurance, to development, to delivery across a complex code base including cloud and client software as well as firmware.
Intel CorporationSenior Software Engineering Manager
Jun. 2011 - Sep. 2013Chandler, ArizonaEnabling my software engineers to innovate (while doing their day jobs) resulted in three brand new product concepts, of which, 2 were granted new funding. Under my leadership, these concepts morphed over the months and were delivered and integrated with ISV and Intel products. Second line engineering manager that established strong trust, loyalty repeated delivery that multiple engineers and managers continued to join me on next Intel ventures.
Intel CorporationEngineering Manager
May. 2004 - Jun. 2010Chandler, ArizonaHelp multiple engineering management positions within the Intel factories.
Implemented lean concepts.
Managed and developed new senior technical leaders.
WestGroup ResearchSoftware Developer and Technologist
Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2005Phoenix, Arizona AreaContracted position where I developed enterprise software system for Westgroup's internal project management, invoicing, hourly timesheet, job costing and billing. Amazingly, this system lived with my sole support for 10 years, but was recently replaced by off the shelf software.
Intel CorporationSoftware Developer
Jan. 2001 - May. 2004Chandler, ArizonaQuickly moved from junior developer to technical development lead as I showed strong design and architectural abilities as a young developer. Developed multiple in-house web application that are still being used today at Intel. Experienced in web application development where I utilized Microsoft SQL Server as the BE and multiple programming languages for MW and FE development including .Net, Java-script, PERL and ASP.
Intel CorporationTechnical Support Engineer
May. 1999 - Jan. 2001Chandler, ArizonaFirst line technical support for all factory applications and computer hardware.
Moved quickly from junior engineer to on shift engineer and supervisor.
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