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Paula Bamford

COO
United Veterinary Care

Paula Bamford

COO
United Veterinary Care

Paula Bamford

COO
United Veterinary Care
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Peter DeSantis

SVP, Foundational AI Models, Custom Silicon, and Quantum Computing
Amazon

Peter DeSantis is Senior Vice President, leading Amazon's foundational AI models, custom silicon, and quantum computing—positioning him at the forefront of technologies shaping the future of computing. He oversees development of Amazon's most expansive AI models (Nova), custom silicon initiatives (Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro), and quantum computing efforts (Ocelot).

 

Throughout his career at Amazon, Peter has driven innovation at significant scale. In 2006, he led the launch of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as its General Manager, fundamentally changing how companies build and run their infrastructure. He subsequently led the reinvention of foundational cloud services, including Elastic Block Storage, Elastic File System, Elastic Load Balancing, Networking, and Monitoring. In 2015, he spearheaded the acquisition of Annapurna Labs, Amazon's custom silicon team, enabling industry-leading price-performance and breakthrough capabilities like the Nitro System. From 2016 to 2021, Peter led AWS Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, overseeing data centers across 38 geographic regions and 120 Availability Zones worldwide. Most recently, as SVP of AWS Utility Computing, he oversaw worldwide engineering, operations, and product management for core AWS services and custom chip design.

 

Peter earned a Bachelor of Arts with a dual major in Economics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Peter DeSantis

SVP, Foundational AI Models, Custom Silicon, and Quantum Computing
Amazon

Peter DeSantis is Senior Vice President, leading Amazon's foundational AI models, custom silicon, and quantum computing—positioning him at the forefront of technologies shaping the future of computing. He oversees development of Amazon's most expansive AI models (Nova), custom silicon initiatives (Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro), and quantum computing efforts (Ocelot).

 

Throughout his career at Amazon, Peter has driven innovation at significant scale. In 2006, he led the launch of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as its General Manager, fundamentally changing how companies build and run their infrastructure. He subsequently led the reinvention of foundational cloud services, including Elastic Block Storage, Elastic File System, Elastic Load Balancing, Networking, and Monitoring. In 2015, he spearheaded the acquisition of Annapurna Labs, Amazon's custom silicon team, enabling industry-leading price-performance and breakthrough capabilities like the Nitro System. From 2016 to 2021, Peter led AWS Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, overseeing data centers across 38 geographic regions and 120 Availability Zones worldwide. Most recently, as SVP of AWS Utility Computing, he oversaw worldwide engineering, operations, and product management for core AWS services and custom chip design.

 

Peter earned a Bachelor of Arts with a dual major in Economics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

 

Peter DeSantis

SVP, Foundational AI Models, Custom Silicon, and Quantum Computing
Amazon

Peter DeSantis is Senior Vice President, leading Amazon's foundational AI models, custom silicon, and quantum computing—positioning him at the forefront of technologies shaping the future of computing. He oversees development of Amazon's most expansive AI models (Nova), custom silicon initiatives (Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro), and quantum computing efforts (Ocelot).

 

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Peter DeSantis

SVP, Foundational AI Models, Custom Silicon, and Quantum Computing
Amazon

Peter DeSantis

SVP, Foundational AI Models, Custom Silicon, and Quantum Computing
Amazon

Peter DeSantis is Senior Vice President, leading Amazon's foundational AI models, custom silicon, and quantum computing—positioning him at the forefront of technologies shaping the future of computing. He oversees development of Amazon's most expansive AI models (Nova), custom silicon initiatives (Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro), and quantum computing efforts (Ocelot).

 

Throughout his career at Amazon, Peter has driven innovation at significant scale. In 2006, he led the launch of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as its General Manager, fundamentally changing how companies build and run their infrastructure. He subsequently led the reinvention of foundational cloud services, including Elastic Block Storage, Elastic File System, Elastic Load Balancing, Networking, and Monitoring. In 2015, he spearheaded the acquisition of Annapurna Labs, Amazon's custom silicon team, enabling industry-leading price-performance and breakthrough capabilities like the Nitro System. From 2016 to 2021, Peter led AWS Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, overseeing data centers across 38 geographic regions and 120 Availability Zones worldwide. Most recently, as SVP of AWS Utility Computing, he oversaw worldwide engineering, operations, and product management for core AWS services and custom chip design.

 

Peter earned a Bachelor of Arts with a dual major in Economics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Roberta McDonald

Director of Programme
Agreena

Roberta McDonald is a Sustainable Agriculture Leader with over a decade of experience enhancing sustainability in agriculture. As Director of Program at Agreena in Copenhagen, she leads the science, standards and data quality teams in the development of certified carbon farming solutions. Her background includes roles at Devenish and Aurivo Dairy Co-op in Ireland, focusing on innovative solutions and farmer-led initiatives.

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Roberta McDonald

Director of Programme
Agreena

Roberta McDonald

Director of Programme
Agreena

Roberta McDonald is a Sustainable Agriculture Leader with over a decade of experience enhancing sustainability in agriculture. As Director of Program at Agreena in Copenhagen, she leads the science, standards and data quality teams in the development of certified carbon farming solutions. Her background includes roles at Devenish and Aurivo Dairy Co-op in Ireland, focusing on innovative solutions and farmer-led initiatives. With a Nuffield scholarship, PhD in Agricultural Sciences and a strong connection to her dairy farm upbringing, Roberta is dedicated to empowering farmers and advancing sustainable food systems.

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