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Derrick Knight

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Business Transformation & Value Advisory Leader AWS North America at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Derrick is a senior sales executive at AWS specializing in AI/ML solutions and revenue strategy. He drove over $800M in revenue by helping enterprise customers adopt transformative technologies. Colleagues describe him as a strategic, results-oriented, and empathetic leader, and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree.

His team generated over $800M in revenue in a single fiscal year and is on track to exceed performance targets by over 150%.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
Business Transformation & Value Advisory Leader AWS North America
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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AI/ML Adoption
Focuses on leveraging AI/ML technology to identify the highest business value and ROI for customers, driving significant revenue growth with these solutions.
Revenue Growth Strategy
Has a proven track record of driving exceptional revenue growth, generating over $800M in a recent fiscal year and consistently exceeding performance targets.
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Work history

1-2025
Business Transformation & Value Advisory Leader AWS North America
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
7-2024 - 6-2025
Emerging Industry and ISV Business Development Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2-2022 - 7-2024
Software Company (ISV) Segment Business Innovation Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
8-2020 - 3-2022
Americas Enterprise Sales Strategy Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2-2018 - 8-2020
Sales Director - Southwest
Juniper Networks
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Education
1984 - 1986
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
California State University-San Bernardino
1981 - 1984
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
UC Riverside
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