Allen Whaley

About Allen Whaley

What should you know about me?Spending nearly a decade in the Fire Service deepened my commitment to my family and community while giving me experience in dealing with the most extreme of circumstances. Our experiences in life shape us into who we are, and my experiences have taught me a great deal about myself and the world around me. I am a dedicated family man with a strong work ethic who understands the importance of rising above challenges. I encourage those around me and I seek to lift up and build a positive team environment. I understand the importance of working relationships and am extremely effective at nurturing a collaborative, positive and confident team atmosphere.My goal is to enjoy a dependable, rewarding career while maintaining a work/life balance that enables me to spend time with my family as well as in my community, where I volunteer in a variety of meaningful ways.

Experience

1. Executive Assistant, Dynamodb

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Aug 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   We recently had an EA shuffle in Database Services, and my role shifted to supporting the DynamoDB team!What is DynamoDB, you ask?Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, fully managed, distributed NoSQL database with single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.Learn more at: https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/

Education

• Bates Technical College

  Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS (in progress), Fire Science

  2000 — 2002

• Brigham Young University - Idaho

  Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Applied Technology

Skills

• Cooking
• Hedge Funds
• Mutual Funds
• Asset Management
• Risk Management
• Life Safety
• Portfolio Management
• Firefighting
• Emt
• Wildland Firefighting
• Training
• Public Speaking
• Emergency Management
• Management
• Fixed Annuities
• Analysis
• Emergency Response to Terrorism
• Etfs
• Emergency Vehicle Operator Course
• Investments
• First Aid
• Vehicle Extrication
• Structural Firefighting