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Colleen Aubrey

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Colleen Aubrey is Senior Vice President of AWS Solutions at Amazon Web Services, a role she took in 2024. Over an 18-year Amazon career she built much of the company's advertising business — most recently as SVP of Advertising Products and Technology, overseeing Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, the Amazon DSP, the Ad Console, and core ad tech — making her one of the most influential figures in the rise of retail media.

Last updated Jun 6, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Senior Vice President, AWS Solutions
Based
Seattle, Washington, United States
Connections
3
Years in industry
15 years

Bio

Colleen Aubrey is Senior Vice President of AWS Solutions at Amazon Web Services, a role she took in 2024. Over an 18-year Amazon career she built much of the company's advertising business — most recently as SVP of Advertising Products and Technology, overseeing Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, the Amazon DSP, the Ad Console, and core ad tech — making her one of the most influential figures in the rise of retail media.

Career

  • SVP, Advertising Products & Technology

    Amazon Ads · 2021–2024

  • VP, Self-Service Performance Advertising Products

    Amazon · 2016–2021

  • Director, WW Marketing & Advertising

    Amazon · 2013–2016

Expertise & education

Expertise

Retail MediaSponsored Products & Sponsored AdsProgrammatic AdvertisingAd Auction MechanicsMachine Learning for Ad TargetingFirst-Party Data & Purchase IntentAdvertising Measurement & AttributionSelf-Serve Advertising Platforms

Education

  • Computer Science degree (university not publicly confirmed)

Speaking topics

Retail Media and the Future of Commerce AdvertisingMachine Learning in Advertising ProductsMeasurement and Attribution in a Privacy-First WorldBuilding Advertising Technology at Scale

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Architected Amazon Sponsored Products, which became the flagship and highest-revenue advertising product within Amazon Ads
  • Helped grow Amazon Ads into the third-largest digital advertising platform in the United States, surpassing $40 billion in annual ad revenue
  • Built and scaled the technical infrastructure supporting one of the world's largest performance advertising ecosystems
  • Pioneered the use of first-party purchase intent data as a differentiating asset in digital advertising
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