Procurement professionals in Cloud infrastructure
AWS and Microsoft split this cloud infrastructure procurement group evenly, five each, and half the titles name data centers, from AWS's Head of Data Center Procurement, Pre-construction and Cost Controls to Microsoft's Data Center Infrastructure sourcing leads. Construction procurement, power and cooling, long lead equipment and modular procurement all appear in their work, useful for buying electrical gear, contracting construction or sourcing AI capacity.
Professionals to explore
Elena Finnegan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Supply Chain and Procurement, Power and Cooling · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Elena Finnegan has been Head of Global Supply Chain and Procurement, Power and Cooling at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since 2025, after Head of Global Procurement, PAC there (2021-2025). Elena was Senior Manager, Procurement at Qualcomm (2019-2021) and, at GE HealthCare, Global Sourcing Manager (2007-2019) and Regional Sourcing Leader (2005-2007), the person here for power and cooling equipment sourcing.
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Florian Ott
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data Center Sourcing and Procurement APJC and Global Procurement Governance · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Head of Data Center Sourcing and Procurement APJC and Global Procurement Governance at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since 2024, Florian Ott describes directing 50+ professionals. Florian's other AWS roles were Head of Procurement, Portfolio Management and Risk APJC (2022-2024) and Head of Data Center Services Procurement APJC, Capex (2019-2022) and Opex (2018-2019), and Florian was Zone Category Manager APAC (Facility Services) at Holcim (2016-2018).
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Ishwinder Singh
LinkedInExperience: Director - Global Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain I Data Center Infrastructure I APAC · Microsoft
Long lead equipment sourcing is the focus Ishwinder Singh names as Director - Global Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain I Data Center Infrastructure I APAC at Microsoft since 2024. At Whirlpool Corporation, Ishwinder held procurement leadership titles from 2018 to 2024, including Director, Procurement (Commodity & Target Cost Management, NPI, Business continuity, Supply Chain) (2021-2024), a fit for equipment cost and supply risk questions.
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Jens Gruenkemeier
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Procurement · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jens Gruenkemeier has been Vice President Procurement at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since 2012, describing management of global supply chain and procurement for Amazon's corporate infrastructure. Jens was Vice-President Worldwide Procurement at Dell Technologies (1997-2012) and Sr. Global Commodity Manager at Siemens (1994-1997), a fit for procurement strategy questions at the top of a cloud provider.
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Joe Brooke
LinkedInExperience: General Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Data Center Infrastructure for Comm. Cloud AI · Microsoft
Joe Brooke has been General Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Data Center Infrastructure for Comm. Cloud AI at Microsoft since 2026 and was Senior Director in the same area (2023-2026), and describes a focus on equipment procurement. Joe's earlier Microsoft roles were Director, Microsoft Devices, Global Retail & Commercial Supply Chain & Channel Operations (2020-2023) and Senior Manager, Supply Chain - Walmart, Sam s Club, Target, & Distribution (2017-2020).
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Jusan Yeh
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Structural Sourcing (Cloud) · Microsoft
Since 2022, Jusan Yeh has been Director of Structural Sourcing (Cloud) at Microsoft, after Principal Sourcing Manager (2020-2022), Senior Sourcing Manager (2012-2020) and Sourcing Manager (2007-2012) there. Jusan was a Project Manager at Foxconn (1999-2007), so questions on sourcing structural and hardware components for cloud infrastructure fit well.
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Kelly Szymecki
LinkedInExperience: Americas Modular Procurement Director Cloud Operations Innovation Global Supply Chain · Microsoft
Modular data center procurement is where Kelly Szymecki fits, as Americas Modular Procurement Director since 2026 in Microsoft Cloud Operations Innovation Global Supply Chain, which also gave Kelly the titles Americas Procurement Director (2024-2025) and Global Process Director (2025-2026). Kelly was also Senior Channel Manager Devices Supply Chain at Microsoft (2023-2024).
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Muthu Ethirajan
LinkedInExperience: Head of DataCenter Supply Chain and Procurement · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Muthu Ethirajan has been Head of DataCenter Supply Chain and Procurement since 2022. At Dell Technologies, Muthu was Director of World Wide Procurement, Enterprise Storage (2015-2019), Senior Director, Enterprise Storage, World Wide Procurement (2019-2020), Senior Director, Enterprise Storage & Networking, World Wide Procurement (2020-2021) and Senior Director Supply Chain, Infrastructure Solutions Group (2021-2022).
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Paul Boege
LinkedInExperience: Director - Purchasing Manager - Infrastructure Supply Chain · Microsoft
Major long lead equipment for new data center builds in the Americas is what Paul Boege describes managing as Director - Purchasing Manager - Infrastructure Supply Chain at Microsoft since 2016. Paul was Procurement Manager- Infrastructure Supply Chain there (2012-2016), Project Manager at Turner Logistics (2006-2012) and Electrical Project Supt Project Engineer at Skanska (2001-2006), bringing a construction background to equipment buying.
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Sumanth Gatla
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data Center Procurement, Pre-construction and Cost Controls · Amazon Web Services (AWS)
From Senior Procurement Manager (2020-2021) to Head of Data Center Procurement, Pre-construction and Cost Controls since 2026, Sumanth Gatla has moved through AWS procurement titles, with Manager, Data Center Construction Procurement (2021-2023), Senior Manager, Data Center Construction Procurement (2023-2024) and Head of Data Center Procurement (2024-2026) in between. That makes Sumanth the clearest match here for data center construction contracts.
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Choose the right perspective
Jens Gruenkemeier holds the most senior title and fits questions on procurement strategy across infrastructure. Sumanth Gatla and Paul Boege are the picks for construction and long lead equipment, Elena Finnegan for power and cooling, Ishwinder Singh, Joe Brooke and Muthu Ethirajan for equipment sourcing, Florian Ott for governance and risk, and Kelly Szymecki for modular builds.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How far ahead do you have to reserve transformers, switchgear and generators for a new data center?
- 02How do you structure construction contracts when a data center's design keeps changing for AI loads?
- 03When are modular or prefabricated data center components worth the premium over building on site?
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