It was quite a surprise when Adam Selipsky stepped down as the CEO of Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit. What was maybe just as much of a surprise was that Matt Garman succeeded him. Garman joined Amazon as an intern in 2005 and became a full-time employee in 2006, working on the early AWS products. Few people know the business better than Garman, whose last position before becoming CEO was as senior VP for AWS sales, marketing, and global services.
Garman told me in an interview last week that he hasn’t made any massive changes to the organization yet. “Not a ton has changed in the organization. The business is doing quite well, so there’s no need to do a massive shift on anything that we’re focused on,” he said. He did, however, point out a few areas where he thinks the company needs to focus and where he sees opportunities for AWS.
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