SPEAKER PROFILE

Jonathan Allen
CTO, AWS Enterprise Strategist

Jonathan joined AWS as an Enterprise Strategist & Evangelist in May 2017.  In this role, he works with enterprise technology executives around the globe to share experiences and strategies for how the cloud can help them increase speed and agility while devoting more of their resources to their customers.

In this role Jonathan has worked with over 320 enterprises helping them successfully complete migrations and transition their organizations to help them realize the benefits of AWS Cloud with a special focus on innovation. Including many of the world’s leading brands.

Prior to joining AWS, Jonathan was a divisional Chief Technology Officer and a Senior Director in Capital Ones’ UK division.  Jonathan was part of the banks Global Technology Leadership team that selected AWS as their Predominant Cloud Partner in 2014, and was accountable for architecting, engineering and execution of the technical build out and system migrations of the UK divisions AWS Cloud strategy in partnership with the US divisions until 2017, by which time the all development had moved Cloud First.

Jonathan managed a global team and held all budgetary responsibility for the technology operations and strategy execution, adoption of agile, technical talent transformation and recruitment.

During Jonathan’s 17 years at Capital One he also led hundreds of projects and transformations including the roll out of regulatory compliance, moving from outsourcing to out-tasking, engagement with AWS and Cloud Partners, adoption of DevOps at scale and the focus of an engineering led culture.

In 2012, he was awarded IT Manager of the Year by The Chartered Institute for IT. He holds a Diploma in Computer Studies from Loughborough College a CIO MBA from Boston University and is a certified AWS Solutions Architect.

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