Matt Collins

Matt Collins

AI, Cloud, and Technology Transformation Executive

Matt Collins is an experienced technology executive with extensive international experience and a demonstrated ability to manage all phases of business and product management — from vision and strategy to development, deployment, and value realization.

Current Role

Matt currently serves as Senior Director of Agentic AI Transformation at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he leads two high-impact dimensions of AWS's global evolution into an agent-first enterprise. He represents AWS Global Services in a CEO-sponsored cross-organizational initiative to integrate agentic AI across all Sales, Marketing, Partner, Professional Services, Support, and Training & Certification functions. He also drives a strategic approach to optimize Global Services GTM functions, scaled deal mechanisms, and team productivity.

Career Highlights

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Over 10 years spanning multiple senior director and global director roles. Architected and scaled the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) from inception into a global powerhouse, driving over $10B in new ARR by 2022. Led a global team of 855 specialists and established the industry standard for the AWS Partner Migration Competency. As an inaugural member of AWS Professional Services, pioneered the 'Customer Cloud Journey' methodology and led landmark migrations for NASDAQ, Conde Nast, and Johnson & Johnson.

  • Microsoft — 15 years in progressively senior roles. As General Manager of Microsoft IT, directed a $220M annual investment portfolio for Sales, Marketing, and Services business systems. Architected the 'Business Value Realization' framework adopted across all of Microsoft IT. As General Manager of US Services, scaled Premier Support revenue from $150M to $500M and grew Enterprise Services profits from $77M to $253M while leading 1,200 professionals.

  • American Express — 9 years as Director of Technology Services & Senior Advisor. Architected the enterprise three-year systems roadmap and led modernization of distributed computing environments. Spearheaded high-velocity migrations and partnered with Gartner and Ernst & Young on global benchmarking and business re-engineering studies.

  • Entrepreneurship — Founded M&M Associates, scaling it into a North Bay technology powerhouse serving healthcare and SMB sectors. As Partner/Owner of Biotherm Engineering, doubled delivery speed and scaled the business to $1.65M in annual revenue.

Core Competencies

  • Product Vision through Value Realization
  • Cloud Computing & AI/ML Transformation
  • High-Performance Team Building
  • Executive Sponsorship & Customer Engagement
  • Enterprise & Consumer Product Development
  • Global Technology Leadership

Education

  • Seattle Pacific University — Computer Science