Swami Sivasubramanian
Also known as Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
As of October 2026, Swami Sivasubramanian heads the Agentic AI and Emerging Technologies organization at Amazon Web Services. He completed an M.S. in computer engineering at Iowa State University in 2002, joined Amazon as an intern in 2005, and helped build the original Dynamo system. In 2007 he received a Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for a dissertation on scalable hosting of web applications. He managed DynamoDB as general manager of NoSQL and some big data services, and in March 2017 he served as vice president for Amazon AI and machine learning; Amazon announced SageMaker in November 2017, and in September 2023 it made Amazon Bedrock generally available as he joined Amazon's senior leadership team. From May 2022 through May 2025 he served on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, which was tasked with advising the President of the United States and the National AI Initiative Office.
Timeline
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2002
A master's at Iowa State
He graduates from Iowa State University in 2002 with an M.S. in computer engineering.
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2005–2007
Dynamo and a doctorate
He joins Amazon as an intern in 2005 and is part of the initial team that builds the original Dynamo. In 2007 he receives a Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the dissertation Scalable Hosting of Web Applications. He is one of the main authors of the Amazon Dynamo paper, along with Werner Vogels.
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By March 2017
From databases to AI
Previously he is general manager of NoSQL and some big data services at AWS, where he manages DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon QuickSight, and SimpleDB. In March 2017 he is vice president in charge of Amazon AI and machine learning.
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November 2017
Launching Amazon SageMaker
Amazon announces Amazon SageMaker in November 2017, a managed service for building, training, and deploying machine learning models. He describes the service as vice president of machine learning at AWS.
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May 2022–May 2025
National AI advisory work
He serves on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee from May 2022 through May 2025. The committee is tasked with advising the President of the United States and the National AI Initiative Office.
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September 2023
Bedrock and the S-team
He joins Amazon's senior leadership team, the S-team, in September 2023. Amazon makes Amazon Bedrock generally available in September 2023, and he calls the announcement a milestone that puts generative AI at the fingertips of every business.
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October 2025
A citation from Iowa State
In October 2025 he accepts Iowa State's Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering. He works as vice president of AWS's Agentic AI department, and the team launches Amazon Quick Suite for research and data visualization.
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As of October 2026
Agentic and emerging technologies
He heads the Agentic AI and Emerging Technologies organization at Amazon Web Services. His team launches Amazon Quick Suite, Kiro, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, DevOps Agent, Security Agent, and Amazon Transform.
Sources and credits
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