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John Felton

Evaluator · DISC type Dcs
Senior Vice President, CFO Amazon Web Services at Amazon
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

John Felton is the Senior Vice President and CFO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), a role he assumed in early 2024 after a distinguished 19-year career at Amazon. He previously led Worldwide Operations, where he spearheaded the successful regionalization of the U. S. network, significantly improving delivery speeds and reducing costs. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

John shows a strong interest in leadership and people development, often highlighting the successes of his team and fellow leaders. He is also vocal about corporate responsibility, publicly supporting Amazons disaster relief efforts and showing interest in philanthropic organizations like the Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund.

He is a member of Amazons exclusive "S-team, " the senior leadership group that advises the CEO.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President, CFO Amazon Web Services
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Personality Overview

How John shows up

Fast But Analytical
Hard To Convince
Thorough Evaluator

They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Priorities

Topics John cares about

AI in Finance
He is actively using generative AI to transform Amazon's finance functions, making processes faster, identifying trends sooner, and allowing teams to focus more on strategic thinking.
Infrastructure Investment
He compares the current large-scale investment in AI and cloud data centers to the foundational work of building Amazon's original e-commerce fulfillment network.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Senior Vice President, CFO Amazon Web Services
Amazon
7-2022 - 2-2024
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations
Amazon
7-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Vice President, Global Delivery Services
Amazon
2-2019 - 7-2021
Vice President Global Delivery Services
Amazon
7-2018 - 2-2019
Vice President Global Customer Fulfillment
Amazon
In the press

Media appearances

Amazon leadership update: John Felton, Udit Madan new roles. Featured in About Amazon
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Amazon Names John Felton as New AWS CFO. Featured in CFO.com
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Education
2002 - 2004
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Harvard Business School
1995 - 1999
Bachelor's degree
Middlebury College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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