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10 Amazon IT leaders
These ten current and former Amazon IT leaders include the CIOs of Twitch and Project Kuiper, a former vice president of Amazon Global IT, and directors and heads of regional IT, enterprise engineering, IT deployment and IT support teams. A reader can learn how IT leaders run technology organizations at Amazon.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ariel Mara Ravera
LinkedInExperience: Director Ops Technology at Amazon (USA, CA, BR & MX) · Amazon
Director Ops Technology at Amazon (USA, CA, BR & MX) since October 2025; the profile says the role leads the IT Operations AMER team for the USA, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Former Sr. Regional IT Manager (US & Canada) (2024–2025), Sr. Regional IT Manager (Spain, France and Italy) (2021–2024) and Regional Information Technology Manager (Spain) (2018–2021) at Amazon.
Arul Daniel
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Twitch (Amazon)
Chief Information Officer at Twitch (Amazon) since November 2020, listed at the C-Level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Vice President, Engineering and IT at Realtor.com (2015–2020), former Vice President, IT at Amyris (2011–2014) and former Director - Enterprise Applications and IT at Accuray (2008–2011).
Brent Jaye
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Amazon Global IT, AWS Managed Services, AWS Support · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Former Vice President, Amazon Global IT, AWS Managed Services, AWS Support at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2010–2020). Vice President, Amazonian Experience and Technology at Amazon since September 2020; the profile says the role leads a global organization responsible for designing and operating core platforms. Former Director at Amazon (2007–2010).
Eduardo Russo
LinkedInExperience: Director, Enterprise Engineering · Amazon
Director, Enterprise Engineering at Amazon since April 2024, listed at the Director level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Head of Productivity Apps and Development (Enterprise Engineering) (2019–2024) and Head of Enterprise Corporate Services (Enterprise Engineering) (2017–2019) at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Former Director, Information Technology (2015–2017) and Sr. Manager, IT Operations (2012–2015) at Amazon.
Gail Edgar
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT Support Services · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Director, IT Support Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since June 2020, listed at the Director level in the Engineering and Technical department, and Director, IT Services - Global Desktop Support at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since May 2020. Former Director, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering NACF at Amazon (2016–2020).
Giuseppina Smith
LinkedInExperience: Head of IT - Europe · Amazon
Head of IT - Europe at Amazon since October 2024, listed at the Head level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Head of IT - Western Europe (UK-IRE-IT-SP-FR-BE) at Amazon (2018–2024), a role the profile describes as responsible for the IT organisation that launches and supports technical infrastructure for First-Middle-Last mile. Former Head of IT UK&Ireland at Unilever (2014–2017).
James Pemberton
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Infrastructure & Technology · Amazon
Former Global Head of Infrastructure & Technology at Amazon (2018–2026), and Amazon IT Services Global Leader at Amazon since July 2026. The profile describes leading the global IT infrastructure and workplace technology at Amazon across 59 countries and 400+ sites. Former Sr. Director of Global Infrastructure and Cloud Services at Microsoft (2015–2017).
Ken Macfarlane
LinkedInExperience: CIO, Project Kuiper · Amazon
CIO, Project Kuiper at Amazon since February 2023. Former Director, Software Engineering, Data Center Systems at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2019–2020) and former Director, Network Development Engineering, Operations Technology Infrastructure at Amazon (2015–2019). Former Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, Fulfillment Center Infrastructure at Amazon (2011–2015).
Manuel Fischer
LinkedInExperience: Director IT Amazon EMEA & APAC Operations · Amazon
Director IT Amazon EMEA & APAC Operations at Amazon since November 2013; the profile headline describes an international IT director at Amazon. Former Vice President, CIO at Worldline (2007–2013) and former Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations Consulting for Banking Industry at Deloitte (2005–2006).
Stephen Wade
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global IT Deployment at Amazon · Amazon
Former Head of Global IT Deployment at Amazon (2018–2023), a senior management role the profile says led a team of program managers and regional deployment leaders. Director Ops Tech Solutions at Amazon since April 2023, listed at the Director level in the Operations department. Former Regional IT Manager at Amazon (2017–2018).
Choose the right perspective
Match the leader's scope to your question: a business-unit CIO suits questions about running IT for one part of the company, while regional IT and IT deployment leaders suit questions about supporting many operations sites. Check whether the relevant Amazon role is current or past before asking about today's practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split IT ownership between a global corporate IT team and regional IT organizations?
- 02What does it take to launch and support IT infrastructure for new operations sites at a fast pace?
- 03How should a business unit inside a very large company decide which IT services to run itself and which to take from the central team?
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