Amazon AWS executive and CEO advisor Dave Brown to leave after 19 years

Amazon veteran Dave Brown, a senior vice president in Amazon Web Services and member of the ‌elite ⁠internal group ⁠advising CEO Andy Jassy, is leaving the company after 19 years.

He ​is leaving for another job, according to a memo ​from AWS CEO ⁠Matt Garman, ‌who did ​not ​provide specifics. He was ⁠most recently leading compute and machine ​learning services.

Brown will be ​replaced by Dave Treadwell, the senior vice president of ecommerce foundation, according to the memo, starting ‌on August 1. Like Brown, Treadwell is a ​member ​of the ⁠so-called S-team, or senior leadership team, which directly advises Jassy. Working ​within the group is regarded as a badge of honor at the company.