Author: Cody Shive

With over four decades of experience in the retail industry, Cody has cultivated extensive expertise across various sectors, including large grocery chains, big-box stores, chain drug stores, and convenience retail. His career spans both independent consultancy and leadership roles in managed services and retail transformation initiatives for technology giants such as IBM, Toshiba, and NCR. In his current role at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cody is responsible for vetting and qualifying retail partner solutions for the AWS Partner Network (APN). Cody speaks on strategy and technology topics, writes blogs, and helps companies “connect the dots” from strategy to execution.