Uwem Ukpong
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- Company/AffiliationAmazon
- TitleVP, Global Services, Sovereign Cloud, and International Expansion, Amazon Web Services
At Amazon Web Services, Uwem Ukpong leads key business units like training, professional services, and customer support to aid cloud adoption. In 2023, he led AWS initiatives to enhance Nigeria’s digital infrastructure and expanded his responsibilities in 2024 to include the sovereign cloud team and international product management. He was previously an executive vice president at Baker Hughes, managing global operations, and played a key role in its merger with GE’s oil and gas division to form a company worth $32 billion in combined revenue.