Jason Bennett

Biography

Jason Bennett, Vice President of Global Startups and Venture Capital at Amazon Web Services, leads a team of business development and sales professionals who work with founders, startups, and venture capital firms worldwide. With more than 15 years at Amazon, Jason previously served as VP of Enterprise and Private Equity and launched AWS's Greenfield business, driving cloud adoption across enterprise customers early in their journey. With over 20 years in technology sales and leadership, he has built a career on understanding what drives customers, from business strategy to technology to culture, and turning that understanding into growth.

Sessions

1. From Idea to Reality: How Builders Get Started by AWS

   Tue, Nov 3, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM CT

   Track Entrepreneurship

   How do you go from an idea to something real? Jason Bennett, who leads AWS Worldwide Startups and Venture Capital, sits down with Cody Coleman, co-founder and CEO of Coactive AI, for a candid, personal conversation about how builders actually get started. They will trace their own paths, where their first ideas came from, how they turned them into something real, and what they wish they had known earlier. Expect honest stories, practical advice on the skills that matter now and what builders and investors look for in early talent, and an open floor to ask Jason and Cody your own questions.