Alaa B.

About Alaa B.

I am passionate about incubating and growing businesses and building and delivering technology products, solutions and scalable systems architecture that meet business needs. My career combines 18 years of experience in ENGINEERING, the FIELD and CORPORATE LEADERSHIP roles in infrastructure, including experience in PUBLIC and PRIVATE CLOUD. Currently I am VICE PRESIDENT of CUSTOMER SUCCESS & CLOUD SERVICES with VMWARE where I have BUILT the CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGEMENT TEAM, CUSTOMER SUCCESS ARCHITECT TEAM and GLOBAL DATA SCIENCE MACHINE LEARNING TEAM comprising ~200 architects and customer success managers in the US, Europe and Asia. I have DELIVERED DEPLOYMENT and CONSUMPTIONS GOALS BETWEEN 150% and 200% of TARGET and improved CUSTOMER HEALTH SCORE by ~ 20% for CSM MANAGED ACCOUNTS. As DIRECTOR of GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT for AMAZON WEB SERVICES, I delivered cloud-based desktop and productivity application solutions in key enterprise accounts and GREW THE BUSINESS TO $100M IN 2 YEARS. Several roles with MICROSOFT include DIRECTOR BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE of WINDOWS 8 DEVICES (SURFACE) & AZURE. In this position I laid the foundation of operational infrastructure for Surface, integrated motion of application design into Azure and OVERSAW PIPELINE and METRIC MEASUREMENT of $4.2B GLOBAL BUSINESS. I am a visionary leader with a bias for action recognized for: THINKING BIG, DIVING DEEP, INVESTING IN THE LONG-TERM and USING ANALYTICS, METRICS & INSIGHTS to make decisions anchored in data, constantly improve business performance, generate revenue and drive business results. CUSTOMER OBSESSION and ability to partner with customers and deliver solutions for key accounts including Dow, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, Citibank and Societe Generale. BUILDING and LEADING GLOBAL TEAMS, with outstanding ability to hire and grow top talent, develop teams that drive adoption by customers and create a collaborative, customer-focused and high-performance culture.

Experience

1. Vice President Sales and Solutions Architecture

   Tenstorrent

   Aug 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Thrilled to share that I’ve joined Tenstorrent as Vice President of Sales and Solutions Architecture! At Tenstorrent, our vision is clear: Own your Silicon Future. With RISC-V CPUs and AI solutions, we’re driving the global democratization of AI — making advanced compute accessible to innovators everywhere. This is an amazing place to work, guided by clear goals, transparent collaboration, and a culture that empowers people to make an impact. Huge thanks to @Jim Keller and @Christine Blizzard for their leadership and support.🤝 Grateful to our customers and partners for the warm welcome at the Taipei Semicon AI Conference — your excitement inspires us every day. We’re hiring! If you’re passionate about AI, join us as an Account Manager or Solutions Architect for AI and help shape the future.#AI #DemocratizationOfAI #Tenstorrent #WeAreHiring #SemiconTaipei

Education

• Ain Shams University - Computer Engineering

  Bachelor or Engineering

• University of Canberra

  Bachelor of Engineering