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Jose Espinosa

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Account Executive Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
📍 Redmond, Washington, United States

Jose is a high-achieving Account Executive at AWS with 20 years of multinational IT sales experience, specializing in helping startups scale. An engineer by education with a Masters from Queen Mary University of London, he is often described by colleagues as proactive, innovative, resourceful, and dependable for his consistent record of exceeding targets.

He is a multilingual software developer by education who has transitioned his technical skills into a highly successful sales career. Jose appears driven by personal and professional growth, adopting the motto "Be curious, be uncomfortable" to guide his journey.

Unique fact: After being rejected by AWS in the final interview round in 2013, he joined the company years later and became the #1 Top Performer worldwide in 2025.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Account Executive Startups
Location
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Startup Growth
His current role at AWS is dedicated to helping high-growth Seed and Series A startups scale their operations from inception.
AI & Generative AI
He recently obtained AWS certifications in both AI Practitioner and Generative AI Foundational, indicating a strong professional interest in the space.
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Career

Work history

4-2021
Account Executive Startups
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
6-2019 - 4-2021
Sr Bilingual Sales Specialist
Gravity Payments
11-2014 - 1-2019
Sr Account Manager
Lexmark International, Inc.
5-2013 - 11-2014
HP TS Direct Sales Specialist (Servers and Networking)
Hewlett-Packard
8-2011 - 4-2013
Technology Services - Sr Account Manager Distributors Iberia
Hewlett-Packard
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Education
2002 - 2006
Master's degree
Queen Mary University of London
1999 - 2001
Bachelor’s degree AM
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
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