Incoming AWS CEO Adam Selipsky shares leadership lessons from pandemic in first public appearance since leaving Tableau

Incoming AWS CEO Adam Selipsky shares leadership lessons from pandemic in first public appearance since leaving Tableau

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Tableau, speaks at the Tableau Conference 2016. (Photo by Tableau Software) Adam Selipsky has years of professional experience, from positions as Vice President at RealNetworks and Amazon to managing Tableau Software as CEO for five years. But as a leader, it didn’t matter when the pandemic hit last year. “My experience … Read more

Amazon partners with Seraphim on AWS accelerator for space startups – TechCrunch

Amazon partners with Seraphim on AWS accelerator for space startups – TechCrunch

Amazon will soon be a big part of the space economy in the form of its Kuiper satellite internet constellation, but here on Earth its ambitions are more mundane: to get an accelerator going. They teamed up with space-focused VC outfit Seraphim Capital to create a four-week program with (among other things) an AWS credit … Read more

Riveter CEO and husband dispute FBI’s seizure of their bank accounts in AWS kickback investigation

Riveter CEO and husband dispute FBI’s seizure of their bank accounts in AWS kickback investigation

BigStock Photo / DeepPixel In a new lawsuit, attorneys for Seattle entrepreneur Amy Nelson and her husband allege that their salary and income are being falsely held by the government in connection with the FBI’s seizure of more than $ 892,000 from their bank accounts last year. The case is one of several disputes arising … Read more

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in *profits* for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in *profits* for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

It turned out that Andy Jassy already ran most of Amazon. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing giant led by the future CEO of Amazon, ended 2020 with more than $ 13.5 billion in annual operating profit, accounting for more than 63% of the company’s operating profit accounted for $ 45.3 billion year over year, … Read more