Jamie Butler serves as the Director of Solutions Architecture for Education as well as State and Local Government (EDU/SLG) at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He is responsible for leading a team of technical professionals who help EDU/SLG customers across the United States improve their citizen, researcher, and learner services on their cloud journey through technical expertise, guidance, and best practices.
Prior to AWS, Jamie spent over 15 years working in Higher Education as a C-suite executive to address opportunities and challenges facing the education community. In his roles as Executive Director of Information Technology at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) College of Engineering and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at UC Davis School of Law, Jamie led teams focused on advancing technological innovation for classroom instruction, distance learning, and access to research technology.
Jamie holds a BS in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA with a specialty in Technology Management from UC Davis Graduate School of Management. In addition, he is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds several AWS Certifications.
With a passion for making a difference in the education community locally and globally, Jamie enjoys serving on non-profit boards. He is currently a board member for Jurist, a non-profit award-winning online legal news service. He was previously the Vice President of the Alumni Board at UC Davis Graduate School of Management and a board member of the non-profit RHEDcloud.