Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Seattle, Washington, United States

Taimur Rashid

Managing Director, Generative AI Innovation Center

Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

I build what matters.

I’ve spent the last two decades at the intersection of cloud computing, AI, and human potential; not to push technology for its own sake, but to shape systems that serve people with dignity and purpose.

Raised on values of service, curiosity, and faith, I carry a lifelong fascination with how seemingly small actions compound. Whether building platforms at AWS, leading AI initiatives at Microsoft and Redis, or mentoring young founders; I’ve always been drawn to the question: How can our ambitions and pursuits in life help us become more human, not less?

I lead AWS's Generative AI Innovation & Delivery at AWS, helping individuals and organizations unlock real-world value from emerging technologies like AI while keeping people and purpose at the center. We are a premier organization that forward deploys organizations into the era of cognitive abundance comprising of Generative and Agentic AI.

    Work History

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    17 years, 7 months
    Managing Director, Generative AI Innovation Center
    Aug 2024 - Present
    Director of Go-To-Market (GTM) AWS Platform
    Oct 2015 - Feb 2018
    Senior Manager, Business Development - AWS Platform
    Jan 2014 - Oct 2015
    Sr. Business Development Manager - Database Services
    Oct 2010 - Nov 2011
    Tech Sales Rep
    Aug 2008 - Oct 2010

    Weaviate

    2 years, 3 months
    Advisor
    Dec 2023 - Present

    Kindering

    2 years, 11 months
    Board Member
    Apr 2022 - Mar 2025

    Recursion Ventures

    2 years, 4 months
    Founding Partner
    Apr 2022 - Aug 2024

    Redis

    2 years, 9 months
    EVP of Artificial Intelligence
    May 2022 - Oct 2023
    Chief Business Development Officer
    Jan 2021 - May 2022

    Microsoft

    2 years, 11 months
    GM & Head of Solution Architecture & Customer Engineering for Azure Data & AI
    Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
    General Manager, Customer Success of Intelligent Cloud
    Mar 2018 - Feb 2020

    Amazon Web Services

    2 years, 2 months
    Senior Manager, Business Development - Compute Services
    Nov 2011 - Jan 2014

    Oracle Financial Services

    6 years, 1 month
    Business Development Manager, Platform Products
    Jul 2002 - Aug 2008

    Vignette

    1 year, 6 months
    Engineering
    Aug 2001 - Feb 2003
    Executives