About Werner Vogels

I am the Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where I am responsible for driving the company’s customer-centric technology vision. Prior to joining Amazon, I worked as a research scientist at Cornell University where I was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems.

I have held various academic positions at a several universities, including Cornell University, the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. I obtained a Ph.D in Computer Science from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in 1994.

My interests are in distributed systems, operating systems, distributed caching, web services, programming systems, programming models, and computer systems performance.

Speaking Engagements

I frequently speak at conferences and events around the world about distributed systems, cloud computing, and technology leadership. Some of my notable speaking engagements include:

• AWS re:Invent keynotes
• QCon conferences
• Various university lectures and industry events

Contact

You can follow me on Twitter @Werner or connect with me on LinkedIn.