Jesse Dougherty is the GM for Amazon Vancouver, where he leads a number of critical Amazon Web Services businesses. He has over 20 years experience as a software engineer working on projects such as productivity software, collaboration, development frameworks, security technologies, and cloud services. Originally from Vancouver, he previously spent nine years working at Microsoft in Washington, before returning to his hometown in 2013 to lead the growth of Amazon’s Vancouver office. Jesse is passionate about bringing global opportunities to Vancouver, and retaining and developing the best and brightest talent.