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Grace Velker

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International Assignment - Global Expansion at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Grace is a growth executive who builds and scales new markets in AI and cloud infrastructure. At AWS, she launched the US ISV Greenfield business from scratch and was selected for an international assignment to support a new region launch in South America. Colleagues describe her as a strategic, visionary, and exceptional leader.

Grace successfully incubated a new business segment inside AWS, scaling it from $0 to a multi-million dollar annual run rate within two years.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
International Assignment - Global Expansion
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Building New Markets
She has a track record of building frontier markets from scratch, including launching the US ISV Greenfield business at AWS and advising startups on market entry.
Global Expansion
Selected for an international assignment at AWS to support the launch of a new region in South America, focused on ecosystem activation and executive engagement.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
International Assignment - Global Expansion
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
10-2025
Startup advisor - GTM, Product and Operations
Crest Collective
11-2023
Head of US ISV Greenfield
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
8-2022 - 11-2023
Principal Sales Leader - West, US Greenfield
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
3-2021 - 8-2022
General Manager, West
SoftwareONE
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Education
Master of Business Administration(MBA)
Washington University in St. Louis
Master of Accounting
Washington University in St. Louis
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