Francessca Vasquez is the Vice President of Professional Services and Generative Artificial Intelligence "GenAI" Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services (AWS). She oversees the sales and delivery P&L of AWS consulting services, consulting offerings, and management of customer engagements across the worldwide public sector, commercial, and partner business. Francessca and her team direct specific programs and projects that ensure services are meeting the needs of customers and deliver outcomes. She is responsible for the co-innovation of service delivery of emerging technologies such as GenAI, Quantum Computing, and Application Modernization, helping customers successfully build and deploy generative artificial intelligence solutions, connecting AWS AI and ML experts with customers around the globe to envision, design, and launch new generative AI products, services, and processes. Francessca also serves as the Executive Sponsor for the AWS Global CIO Council.

Prior to AWS, Francessca held a number of leadership roles with Oracle, Salesforce, CSC (now DxC), Sun Microsystems, and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

She holds a Master’s degree in Science and Technology Public Policy from George Mason University, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Lynchburg. She is a STEM advocate and active participant in non-profits that inspire cultural inclusion, equitable access, and diversity such as the First Tee, Year Up, the Information Senior Management Forum, Hispanic IT Executive Council, Code.org, and Rainier Scholars – a 12-year program offering a pathway to college for low-income students of color. Francessca is a Board of Trustee member at the University of Lynchburg.