Jignesh Shah

General Manager at Amazon Web Services

Jignesh Shah is the President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at S2Alliance Inc, a federal government contracting company based in Ashburn, Virginia. He has held this position since May 2013. S2Alliance specializes in providing IT services, including Office 365 transitions, cloud migration, legacy system modernization, agile development, and web and mobile development, among others.1 2

Shah has a strong background in software engineering and architecture, having worked in various roles across different companies prior to his current position. His experience includes significant roles at Dell and Perot Systems, where he served as a Senior Software Engineer and Architect Lead. He has also worked as an independent consultant, developing minimum viable products (MVPs) for startups.1

His educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering from Sardar Patel University, and he has also completed a business planning program at NVTC Fast Track Venture.1 Shah is recognized for his expertise in developing comprehensive IT solutions and has certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.1

Experience

General Manager, Amazon RDS Open Source Engines at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since April 2023

Product & Engineering - Amazon RDS, Engineering Leader - Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Chief Architect at appOrbit, Engineering Manager at VMware, Principal Software Engineer at Oracle

Education

B.E. in Electronics Engineering from Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, University of Mumbai; MS in Computer Science from Wright State University