Dilip Kumar

About Dilip Kumar

Experienced product and technology leader with P&L responsibility for AWS Applications. Lead global teams in product, engineering, data science, marketing, business development/sales, and operations. My current role involves leading AWS Applications. business bringing together the following businesses: 1/ Checkout and Identity Services (Just Walk Out, Amazon One, and Amazon Dash Cart), 2/ Amazon Connect, our cloud based contact center, 3/ AWS Supply Chain, our cloud-native supply chain service4/ AWS Clean Rooms, a service to help companies securely collaborate without sharing underlying data5/ Communication Services (Simple Email Service, Pinpoint, and AWS Wickr) and 6/ End User Computing (Workspaces, Appstream). 7/ Amazon Quick SuiteLast role at Amazon: P&L Responsibility for Amazon Go. Led the teams responsible for checkout and identity innovations for the company 1/ Just Walk Out (JWO) technology powering checkout-free retail stores.2/ Amazon Dash Cart, a smart-cart that allows customers to skip the checkout line3/ Amazon One, a biometric identity and payment service that offers a fast, convenient, contactless way for people to use their palm to make everyday activities like paying at a store, presenting a loyalty card, entering a location like a stadium, or badging into work more effortless.I served as Jeff Bezos\'s Technical Advisor, a role I held for ~two years – the most fun and inspiring role ever!

Experience

1. Vice President, Physical Retail and Technology

   Amazon

   Jan 2013 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Launched our retail services business for third party retailers to open stores using our Just Walk Out (JWO) technology that allows customers to come in, take what they want, and just walk out (no lines, no checkout). Hudson Group, TD Garden, Compass, Delaware North, Climate Pledge Arena, United Center, Javits and many others are first customers using our services- Launched the Amazon Dash Cart (in Amazon Fresh grocery stores), a smart cart that allows customers to effortlessly skip the checkout line- Amazon One, a biometric identity and payment service that is available in several of our 1st party stores (Amazon Go/Amazon Fresh/Whole Foods). I have the privilege of building and leading an amazing team of technologists, product, business development/sales, operations, marketing, data science and computer vision scientists, hardware and software engineers, UX and industrial designers, manufacturing/supply chain, construction/real-estate, store associates, and security professionals responsible for building and operating our physical stores and services. It’s been a fascinating experience to build this organization with the team and I’m fortunate to have been associated with this clean sheet invention right from inception to launch.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

• The Wharton School

  MBA, Strategic Management, Marketing and Operations

Skills

• Pricing Strategy
• Distributed Systems
• Integration
• Computer Vision
• Cloud Computing
• Strategic Partnerships
• Saas
• Forecasting
• Competitive Analysis
• Demand Forecasting
• Artificial Intelligence
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Machine Learning
• Product Management
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Online Retail
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Mobile Devices
• Global Recruiting
• Retail
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Agile Methodologies
• Management