Bio

Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Business Development Rolf Gibbels is a member of the AWS Business Development organization, and leads the global market and solution strategy across the Power & Utilities Industry. Rolf has the responsibility for leading the customer strategy, solution definition, partner engagement and thought leadership initiatives. AWS is bringing cloud-based solutions consisting of internet of things (IoT), advanced analytics, machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI), and Alexa Amazon’s digital voice assistant to a sector facing a transformational change. The transformation is driven by the increase of renewable energy, grid modernization, utilities becoming more customer-centric and the rise in distributed energy resources. Rolf has over 20 years international experience selling and marketing digital and Internet of Things (IoT), software and cloud based industry solutions, product lifecycle management (PLM) and computer aided design (CAD) software to the energy, process, architecture and construction industries. Prior to joining Amazon, Rolf built and led the global commercial team for GE Power Digital, and the partner and commercial strategy for GE Digital Renewable Energy IoT and predictive analytics solutions. From February 2013 to June 2017 Rolf served on the board of directors and International council of the American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE). www.acore.org.