Douglas is the Global Lead of Business Development for Smart Factories and Industrie 4.0 at Amazon Web. He leads the strategy and execution of manufacturing and supply chain solution areas across Industrial customers at the intersection between Operational Technologies and Information Technologies. Prior to AWS, he ran the Marketing, Go-to-Market and Business Development teams for the Industrial Markets within Cisco Systems. He has a background in both the RFID and Analytics markets and was instrumental in running a Business Intelligence software company by bringing it to the Asia market. Douglas started his career in the steel and food manufacturing industry. After 12 years in Asia Pacific he is now based in Seattle, WA.