Uwem Ukpong is Vice President of AWS Industries at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. As a member of the AWS executive leadership team, Uwem’s responsibilities include helping AWS customers achieve firsts for their industry workloads and use cases, and drive industry-wide transformation with cloud and AI. Our strategic commercial verticals include Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports; Telecommunications; Financial Services; Automotive; Manufacturing; Healthcare & Life Sciences; Energy & Utilities; Consumer Goods/Retail; and Big Tech, encompassing our most technically advanced AWS customers.

Uwem also leads the International Expansion and Sovereign Cloud teams. Our strategic infrastructure investment decisions—determining where we build new regions and AI zones—help us deliver customerobsessed solutions that meet local regulatory requirements.