Colin Bryar

About Colin Bryar

I coauthored the book,\"Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon,\" which is a first-person account of how Amazon created and implemented the principles and processes that have made it successful. We also take you in the room and show how these principles and practices were used to create four key Amazon business: Kindle, Amazon Prime, Prime Video, and Amazon Web Services. We provide practical steps for applying them in your own organization, large or small. I am also a co-founder of Working Backwards, LLC where we help companies learn how to work backwards. Prior roles include Vice President at Amazon, two years as Technical Advisor to Jeff Bezos, COO at IMDb, and COO at Singapore-based RedMart.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Working Backwards, Llc

   Apr 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   We help companies learn about and adopt the unique business principles and processes that drive Amazon\'s success described in our book, Working Backwards. Some example processes we helped companies adopt include operating cadence, leadership principles, hiring, narrative writing, implementing the PR/FAQ process, and discovering input

Education

• Cornell University

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Operations Research

  1989 — 1990

• Cornell University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Operations Research

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Digital Media
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Scalability
• Mobile Devices
• Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Development
• Software Development
• Analytics
• Distributed Systems
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Product Management