Tom Killalea

Tom Killalea is a seasoned technology executive and advisor with extensive experience in the tech industry. Here's an overview of his background and current roles:

Professional Experience

Amazon Leadership: Tom Killalea spent 16 years at Amazon.com, serving in various leadership roles from 1998 to 2014.3 His positions included:

• Vice President of Technology for the Kindle Content Ecosystem
• Leader of the Infrastructure and Distributed Systems team (which later became a key part of Amazon Web Services)
• Amazon's first Chief Information Security Officer
• Vice President of Security

Current Board Positions: Killalea currently serves on the board of directors for several prominent companies:

• MongoDB, Inc. (Chairman of the Board since July 2019)2
• Capital One Financial Corp.23
• Akamai Technologies, Inc.23
• Satellogic, Inc.24
• Tines (as of 2022)5

Education

• B.Ed. in Education from the National University of Ireland
• B.S. in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin234

Additional Roles and Expertise

• Owner and President of Aoinle, LLC, a consulting firm (November 2014 to December 2021)3
• Member of the editorial board of ACM Queue (Association for Computing Machinery)24
• Expertise in product development, digital innovation, customer experience, and security34

Previous Board Positions

• Carbon Black, Inc. (April 2017 to October 2019, until its acquisition by VMware)24
• Xoom Corporation (March 2015 to November 2015, until its acquisition by PayPal)24

Tom Killalea's extensive experience in technology leadership, particularly in areas such as infrastructure, security, and product development, makes him a valuable asset to the boards he serves on, including Tines.1