Justin Honaman, Michael Connor and Vince Koh
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As Global Solutions Lead for Consumer Products at AWS, Michael Connor helps customers meet their goals for revenue growth and digital transformation using cloud technologies. Michael brings a wealth of Consumer Goods experience from his previous role as Chief Architect for Coca-Cola Freestyle, where he led Digital Innovation, Data Science & Analytics, and Enterprise Architecture. Michael also led Coca-Cola North America’s consumer and enterprise cloud migrations as part of a digital transformation, and while leading the innovation group in Coca-Cola, the IP developed represented three of the company’s top four innovations in 2020. While at Coca-Cola, Michael was a five-year member of the AWS Customer Advisory Board. His passions include artificial intelligence, automation, privacy, culture, and ethics.
Vince Koh leads worldwide strategy and thought leadership for Digital Commerce at AWS. In partnership with the AWS Retail and CPG leadership teams, Vince works to shape and deliver go-to-market strategies and innovative partner solutions for consumer enterprises looking for guidance on how to transform their businesses with new capabilities for online, social, and mobile commerce, and how to connect the dots to create a unified commerce experience. Across his 15-year career, Vince has led digital commerce for both global enterprises and high-growth startups, developing and executing direct-to-consumer (DTC), marketplace, and omni-channel retail initiatives. Prior to joining AWS, Vince served as SVP of Commerce & Conversion at Weber Shandwick; VP of Ecommerce for Iconix Brand Group; led merchandising, strategy, and operations at venture capital backed startups (Keaton Row & Fab); and led global retail consulting projects at Accenture. He holds an MBA from Cornell University’s SC Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Justin Honaman leads the worldwide Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Food & Beverage organization for Amazon Web Services. His team focuses on delivering supply chain, ecommerce, data/analytics, and digital commerce solutions for CPG customers globally.
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