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Damon DeShields

Enigma · DISC type cid
Executive Member at Pavilion
📍 Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States

Damon is an Enterprise Growth Leader at Amazon Web Services, specializing in cloud sales strategy for the automotive and manufacturing sectors. With a background in technology and as a founding sales leader at Grubhub, he excels at driving market growth. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Temple University.

Outside of his professional role, Damon is passionate about fostering community and innovation, highlighted by his engagement with events like AfroTech. He often draws parallels between business strategy and sports, particularly basketball, using athletic metaphors to describe professional development and achieving goals.

Unique fact: Damon is an official "Bar Raiser" at AWS, a role designated to skilled interviewers who help maintain the companys high hiring standards.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Executive Member
Location
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Personality Overview

How Damon shows up

Persuasive & Assertive
Hard To Convince
Fast Follower

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Priorities

Topics Damon cares about

Generative AI Strategy
He recently earned advanced AWS certifications in Generative AI, focusing on helping executives move from demos to achieving real business impact and ROI.
Inclusive Team Building
Identifies himself as a "Builder of High-Impact, Inclusive Teams" and actively participates in events like AfroTech to connect with diverse talent.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Executive Member
Pavilion
7-2025
Industry Sales Leader - Enterprise Auto/MFG Accounts (US)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
1-2025 - 7-2025
Sales Leader, Customer Acquisition - Enterprise Accounts (US Automotive & Manufacturing and US ECRT)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
1-2024 - 1-2025
Sales Leader, Customer Acquisition - Enterprise Accounts (US Automotive & Manufacturing)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
3-2020 - 2-2022
Founding Sales Leader (US-East Office)
Grubhub
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Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
Temple University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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