What makes the culture at Amazon different?

Donn Morrill (Sr. Manager Solutions Architecture, Amazon Alexa)


Donn Morrill provides one example of how Amazon is different from other companies that he has worked for. He talks about how the company’s leadership principles drive business strategies.

Donn Morrill

Sr. Manager Solutions Architecture, Amazon Alexa Donn is an IT executive with experience in a wide array of technologies and industry verticals.He leads an architecture team working on the Alexa Voice Service (AVS), Amazon’s intelligent voice recognition and natural language understanding service. AVS makes technology and development tools free of cost for all developers. Donn also serves on the board of directors of the NY Tech Alliance whose mission is to represent, inspire, support, and help lead the New York technology community and ecosystem to create a better future for all.

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Donn Morrill

Sr. Manager Solutions Architecture, Amazon Alexa

Donn is an IT executive with experience in a wide array of technologies and industry verticals.He leads an architecture team working on the Alexa Voice Service (AVS), Amazon’s intelligent voice recognition and natural language understanding service. AVS makes technology and development tools free of cost for all developers. Donn also serves on the board of directors of the NY Tech Alliance whose mission is to represent, inspire, support, and help lead the New York technology community and ecosystem to create a better future for all.

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Vaishali Jain

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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