#231 Roger Woodend: Amazon, MBA’s & 75+ Countries

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

Roger Woodend is the Director of Strategic Sales at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
 
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. 
 
Since then he’s 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.
 
In today’s 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.
 
Check it out.