Gary Stafford
Experienced Technology Leader, Consultant, CTO, COO, President | Principal Solutions Architect @AWS | Data Analytics and Generative AI Specialist | 15x AWS Certified / Gold Jacket
- Role
- Principal Solutions Architect - Media and Entertainment at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gary Stafford
A seasoned technology leader, speaker, and author, Gary Stafford is a Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where for the past seven years he has helped customers and partners across Retail, FinTech, AdTech/MarTech, ISVs, Media & Entertainment, and HealthTech harness the power of the cloud. Before joining AWS, Gary spent more than 15 years in executive and senior leadership roles, including President, SVP, COO, and CTO at both high-growth startups and large enterprises, and previously served as a Lead Consultant at ThoughtWorks and a Senior Manager and Northeast Practice Lead at Accenture. Gary’s background spans software development, enterprise architecture, data analytics, and AI/ML, combining business leadership with deep technical expertise to design and deliver innovative, data-driven solutions that drive measurable business transformation. Blog: GaryStafford.medium.com GitHub: github.com/garystafford
Experience
Principal Solutions Architect - Media and Entertainment
Jan 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US
Work directly with our largest AWS Media and Entertainment customers, who face industry-wide transformation, with companies reinventing how they create content, optimize media supply chains, and compete for audience attention across streaming, broadcast, and direct-to-consumer platforms. Specializing in data analytics and AI/ML/Generative AI.
Education
Geneseo Central School
HS Diploma, General
1982 — 1985
Rochester Institute of Technology
AAS
1985 — 1987
Rochester Institute of Technology
BFA
1988 — 1989
Skills
- Product Managment
- Powershell
- C#
- .net
- Sql Server
- Asp.net
- Java
- Professional Software Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Executive Management
- Team Leadership
- Javascript
- Netbeans
- Software Project Management
- Profit & Loss Management
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