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Douglas Woolard

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Vice President Cloud Engineering at American Express
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Douglas Woolard is the Vice President of Cloud Engineering at American Express, leading a global team of over 350 engineers. His expertise lies in transforming cloud platforms and infrastructure, with previous senior leadership roles at Walmart eCommerce and eBay. He holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Beyond his corporate technology career, Douglas has a background in scientific research. He has co-authored peer-reviewed medical publications focused on the effects of succimer in treating lead exposure in juvenile monkeys, indicating a past involvement in detailed biomedical studies.

Unique fact: He is a patent holder for a method and system related to parallel software testing.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
Vice President Cloud Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Cloud Platform Engineering
He leads a global team at American Express responsible for building and operating hybrid cloud platforms, a key focus throughout his recent career.
Global Team Leadership
His experience consistently involves managing large, globally distributed engineering and operations teams at American Express, Walmart, and eBay.
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Career

Work history

9-2016
Vice President Cloud Engineering
American Express
9-2013 - 10-2015
Sr. Director of Engineering, Infrastructure and Cloud Operations
Walmart eCommerce
2-2012 - 9-2013
Sr. Director of Software Engineering, Quality Engineering
Walmart eCommerce
10-2004 - 3-2011
Sr. Manager Software Engineering, Quality Engineering
eBay
5-2003 - 10-2004
Manager, Load and Performance, Quality Engineering
eBay
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Education
1985 - 1990
Bachelor’s Degree
University of California, Santa Cruz
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