Worldwide Head of EPIC @ Amazon Web Services | Founder of EQ@Amazon | Chief Emotional Intelligence Evangelist | Innovation Ambassador
About
Proven leader with extensive experience in leading large, complex and globally distributed organizations. Developed and implemented innovative expansion strategies and groundbreaking programs across five continents. Possesses outstanding skill in evangelizing ideas, building high-performing teams, and leading change initiatives, which have transformed multiple organizations from bottom-tier performers to top-tier performers. Globally respected speaker who has lectured at UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Wharton and delivered keynotes to audiences as large as 10,000.Consistent track record of exceeding expectations for strategic and revenue goals and achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction. Spearheaded training programs to evangelize cloud solutions, both with internal audiences and with external customers. Regularly commended by customers and colleagues for ability to add value through technical knowledge, communication skills, and mentoring expertise. Created EQ emotional intelligence training programs at multiple companies that have impacted 250,000+ people globally and buoyed their professional and personal success. Founded the EQ@Amazon community, which numbers over 50,000 and is the largest employee-based community at Amazon. Launched the SF Bay Area chapter of Amazon's Culture of Innovation program and built a team that has delivered innovation briefings to 4,000+ senior executives from around the world.Highly refined ability to synthesize information and communicate insights and solutions. Utilized this skill to earn a perfect score of 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Earned a Bachelor’s of Science with Honors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Awarded the university’s most prestigious distinction, the Regents’ & Chancellor’s Scholarship.