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Douglas Pollei
Global Partner Development Manager - Strategic Pursuits at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Douglas Pollei is a technology alliance and partnership leader with a strong passion for facilitating transformative change within global organizations through cloud-native technologies and services. He has a diverse professional background encompassing roles in alliances, partnership strategy, and business development.
As an executive leader, Douglas has a proven track record of collaborating with senior ecosystem stakeholders such as technology vendors, system integrators, enterprises, and managed service providers to drive go-to-market strategies, develop innovative products and services, and identify profitable growth opportunities. He excels in cultivating trust relationships internally and externally to navigate complex partnerships, business planning, and execution.
With extensive experience in leading global teams, Douglas has successfully assisted international clients with significant value in migrations, application integration, separations, rationalizations, and IT synergy work related to M&A and divestiture activities. He has also demonstrated expertise in the Google partner ecosystem, overseeing the execution of Google services for global enterprise organizations.
Douglas Pollei's philosophy for success revolves around fostering cohesive teams that challenge conventions, creatively solve problems, and simplify intricate technologies for decision-makers and customers. His core specializations lie in Alliance Leadership and GTM Strategy.
Education-wise, Douglas holds a Master of Business Administration in Business from the University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, along with a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University. He also attended Sunset High School and pursued further studies in Business Administration at the University of Utah.
Throughout his career, Douglas has held key roles in various organizations including Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Global Partner Development Manager, Mindtree as the Global Head of Alliances and General Manager, and ISG (Information Services Group) as an Executive Advisor and Principal Analyst, among others.
His rich professional journey includes leadership positions at Virtacore Systems, Inc., IKANO Communications Inc., and roles such as VP Partnerships and Alliances, VP Internet Strategy and Corporate Development, and Senior Director of Strategic Marketing and Interactive.