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Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy

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Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will join Amazon Web Services as its new CEO. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Adam is not a new face to AWS.

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Former Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, Convoy leaders are building a secretive new Seattle startup

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Linda Lian , a former associate at Madrona Venture Group and senior product marketing manager at Amazon Web Services, is leading a group that also includes: Tom Kleinpeter , most recently a principal engineer at Dropbox who sold a music streaming startup to the cloud giant in 2012. He spent nearly eight years at Dropbox.

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Resetting Amazon: Why the tech giant should rethink its business from scratch

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During his tenure at Amazon, from 2002-2005, he helped to launch and build Amazon Marketplace, before leading the company’s Enterprise Services business. Rossman is the founder of Rossman Partners, a management consulting team. He worked previously at turnaround consulting firm Alvarez and Marsal. Take it all now.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp names new CTO; Amazon data center leader departs; and more

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Minarik joined Amazon in 2005, prior to the launch of Amazon Web Services, and was most recently the head of global data center supply. Bloomberg reports Microsoft is accelerating efforts to make its own chips for its cloud computing services and, possibly, its line of Surface devices. Zoe Hillenmeyer. Peak Photo). —

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No-code AI: Former Microsoft and Salesforce execs reveal new ‘machine teaching’ startup Intelus

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In addition to Simard, the company’s co-founders include Gary Flake , the former Yahoo vice president who founded Microsoft Live Labs in 2005. Intelus was founded a year ago, in November 2020. He later launched and led Seattle startup Clipboard, acquired in 2013 by Salesforce, where he was CTO of search and data science.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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Amazon Web Services’ VP of Solution Architecture and Training & Certification Rudy Valdez has departed, according to a report by The Information. A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. on the West Coast. billion. —

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Update: Amazon disputes analyst report saying Prime growth has plateaued in U.S.

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However, the company does report revenue from subscriptions, which includes “annual and monthly fees associated with Amazon Prime memberships” in addition to other subscriptions not associated with the Amazon Web Services cloud division. Amazon Prime has undergone several price increases since its launch in 2005.

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