Tejas Vashi

About Tejas Vashi

Global Product Management and Marketing executive as well as an Industry Thought leader with an extensive history of driving product strategy definition, innovative business model creation, strategic partnership development and highly-effective marketing execution to dramatically increase business value for the company, partners, and our customers.As a technology industry veteran and innovator, I have seen firsthand the effect that technology can have in driving business growth. I believe education is essential to activate new technologies, and have built SaaS based learning portfolios, IaaS lab delivery businesses, certification programs, and skills campaigns that generate recurring success in today’s digitized world.My proven success as a change agent, managing complex, highly-matrixed, results-oriented programs has yielded invitations to the White House to participate in several high-visibility skills initiatives and workforce transformation projects including:• Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden\'s Joining Forces Initiative• President Obama’s TechHire Initiative• Member of White House IT Jobs Round tableMy areas of expertise include: Advanced Digital Marketing | Business Development | Customer Success | Demand Generation Strategy | Global Field Marketing | Competitive Analysis | Event and Launch Management | Public / Private Partnerships | Product Portfolio P&L | Curriculum Development | Matrixed Team Management | Process Refinement | Conference Speaker / Panelist | Public / Analyst Relations | Cloud Based Services | SaaS/IaaS Offers | Talent Assessment / Certifications

Experience

1. Head of Education Programs (Ep) Strategy & Field

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Feb 2025 — Present

   Overseeing strategic vision and execution across AWS Academy, re/Start, Educate, Skills Centers, and TechU programs. Pioneering innovative \"Powered by re/Start\" initiative and new Collaborating Organizations program structure with Distributed Delivery Model (DDM), enabling dramatic scaling of education programs without additional headcount. Establishing comprehensive Global Business Development framework targeting 200K+ new potential learners and 50K+ trained learners in 2025, while driving expansion of sponsored Skills Centers program across key global markets. Building and leading high-performing global team driving strategic partnerships with governments, NGOs, and industry leaders to create sustainable funding models and reduce program delivery costs. Successfully managing business development professionals across AMER, EMEA, APAC, and India regions to scale AWS\' education footprint and workforce development initiatives worldwide.

Education

• Drexel University College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Fox School of Business at Temple University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Skills

• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Pre-Sales
• Data Center
• Program Management
• Routing
• Competitive Analysis
• Product Management
• Cloud Computing
• Sales Enablement
• Product Marketing
• Unified Communications
• Business Alliances
• Cisco Technologies
• Ethernet
• Professional Services
• Security
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Networking
• Solution Selling