‘Jassy Is the Obvious Choice’

Channel partners’ general thoughts on Jassy leaving AWS to become CEO of Amazon …

Jamie Lee, chief revenue officer at managed service provider InterVision, an AWS premier consulting partner:

“Andy Jassy is the obvious choice to take the helm at Amazon. … He singlehandedly took the cloud computing concept to market and built AWS into a global juggernaut. Through this, he has shown leadership qualities that embody innovation, business acumen, competitiveness and a relentless focus on customer satisfaction. He is exactly what Amazon needs.”

JT Giri, CEO and co-founder of nClouds, an AWS premier consulting partner:

“You have to think about how his role as CEO of AWS has prepared him for this new role. Jassy positioned AWS as the definitive cloud platform — the one that everyone else had to beat. He delivered outstanding growth and profit on a fierce playing field with the world’s tech giants. Plus, he has had the opportunity to engage with customers and partners in virtually every industry vertical and business case — providing him a broad and deep business and technical perspective on digital transformation. That’s awesome insight for the new CEO of Amazon.”