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VICE PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE PUBLIC SECTOR, AMAZON WEB SERVICES, ARLINGTON COUNTY
VICE PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE PUBLIC SECTOR, AMAZON WEB SERVICES, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Virginia Business// August 30, 2023//
Peterson, who joined AWS in 2012 and started his current role in 2021, has more than 30 years of public sector experience, with stints at Dell and CDW-G. Now he’s guiding the $80.1 billion Amazon.com cloud subsidiary through a variety of high-tech federal projects.
So far, AWS landed a spot (along with Google, Microsoft and Oracle) in December 2022 on the Department of Defense’s $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract. And AWS kicked off 2023 by announcing it plans to invest $35 billion by 2040 to add multiple data center campuses across Virginia, creating 1,000 jobs.
A two-time graduate of the University of Maryland, Peterson serves as co-chair of the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center, a nonpartisan think tank promoting technology and innovation. He also sits on the board of Halcyon, which funds social entrepreneurship ventures.
FIRST JOB: I worked at a pizza shop in high school and was a serial entrepreneur, starting three different businesses during my undergrad studies.
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