#231 Roger Woodend: Amazon, MBAs & 75+ Countries

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 5 a.m.

Roger Woodend is the Director of Strategic Sales at Amazon Web Services (AWS). \xa0 He was born in Belfast in 1975 and was raised in a council-estate in Coleraine before eventually leaving NI to study Politics in Glasgow.\xa0 \xa0 Since then he\u2019s lived and worked all over the world for telecom titans, tech-startups and even found the time to do an MBA before taking up his current role with Amazon today. \xa0 In today\u2019s episode we talk about:

  • Losing his dad at a young age
  • How visiting Hong Kong changed his life
  • Why he set up the New York City Northern Ireland Football Supporters Club
  • Having dinner with the Australian Prime Minister
  • And why the Harbour Bar in Portrush is his favourite place in the world.
\xa0 Check it out. \xa0 https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/roger-woodend-amazon-aws