"See the silver lining, even in difficult situations." - Melissa Brown, Global FP&A, AWS Howdy friends, today we talked with our good friend and three year Amazon vet Melissa Brown!  We discussed  her lessons learned in finance, on career progression, and the importance of having a healthy outlook.  We also talked about great books and how her passion for French literature led to a career finance , naturally :) Enjoy! Melissa on LinkedIn:...

"Win the day...but understand what your limitations are." - Keith Klein, AWS Real Estate, Managing Principal, Americas Howdy friends. This a great episode with our pal and 9-year Amazon veteran, Keith Klein. We dive into some great tactics for having success as an individual, how he sets his team up for success, and the importance of keeping family first.  We also get into golf, off-roading, and who he'd like to have lunch with. Enjoy! Keith on LinkedIn:...

“Ask yourself what makes you happy.” - Van Tran, Amazon Treasury, Capital MarketsHello folks. Today we bring you a show with our our good buddy Van Tran, Treasury Manager, Capital Markets here at Amazon and with it, our first look inside the Treasury...

“All you ca do day-to-day is control the things that are within your power.” - Alex Solomon, MBA Intern,  Columbia,  AWS InfrastructureHappy new year!We’re kicking off the 2021 season with an interview we recorded at the end of last summer with Alex...

“It’s good to round yourself out but double down on your super powers.” - Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center Supply

“Try to identify top goals, personally and professionally and work at them in a way that’s meaningful to you. Don’t drive towards output metrics…focus on what you can control and the other things will play out.” - Raj Uparkar, Sr. Manager, DC Capacity, AWS

“Ask yourself what’s the worst case thing that could happen…it gives you perspective…don’t take things too seriously…be grateful” - Shruti Shah, Sr. Finance Manager, AWS Real EstateHello there peeps. Today we bring you an episode with our friend and...

“Appreciate spending time with friends and family…make sure you like what you are doing…and be happy.” - Mariana Emsenhuber, Finance Leadership Program, AWSHey folks. In this episode we bring you our first virtual guest - our friend and teammate Mariana...

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going…we’ll get over it…and we’ll be stronger” - Sid“There’s always an opportunity that comes out of change.” - CharlieThe Finance Guys are back!Whatsup our peeps. We’ve been missing you all since this social...

*Special Episode* The Plaza Of Truth (TPOT) Episode 1“It doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you make…maybe you’re driving a Ferrari home and I’m driving a Honda Accord but we’re at the same table, eating the same food…We’re all on the same...

“In a world that’s going so fast, if you can find the space in yourself that can truly slow down than everything else you’ll find is a lot clearer”

“THE SECRET IS SIMPLE…DO THE STUFF EXACTLY HOW YOUR MAMA USED TO TELL YOU, DRESS CLEAN, BE HONEST, BE ON TIME, DO YOUR WORK, BE RESPECTFUL….IF YOU DO THAT EVERYTHING WILL FALL INTO PLACE”

“Do stuff anyway, even if people tell you no…just keep going.”

“Be conscious of your tradeoffs…if you’re perpetually doing things not aligned with your priorities, that’s a recipe for unhappiness.”

“Life’s what happens when you’re planning other things.” John Lennon via Lincoln Booth   Today Sid and I get a rare opportunity to sit down with one of our business partners, Lincoln Booth, a Global Expansion Manager for data center supply who has recently relocated from Singapore to Dublin. Linc and his team are the people who make sure Elastic Cloud Compute is actually elastic. Today we talk a little about that magic behind the cloud, we talk about Linc’s awesome story about how he’s made...

“THERE ARE NO RULES, ONLY THE ONES YOU SET FOR YOURSELF.” Today Sid and I sit down with…ourselves. Sid flipped the script and peppered me with a few of the typical questions we usually ask our guests. We chat leadership, hacking the Amazon recruitment process, and a little story about driving to the Arctic Ocean from New York. Via Mexico.

Today Sid and I sit down with our old friend, Bunmi Omotowa, Finance Manager on the Insights, Planning, Analytics, & Technology finance team for AWS. Simply put, they tell the C-suite what’s going on in AWS daily.

Today our guest is Ernest Popescu, a Bus Dev Sr. Manager here in Amazon, AWS Finance (and Sid’s business partner). Ernest takes us on a classic ‘Hero’s Journey’ prior to joining Amazon in 2014, complete with tales, hijinks, and the lessons he learned along the way.

“For the first 90 days here I would try to sit as much as I can, or literally just move your desk to where your business partners are.”