Tom Litchford leads AWS’s Retail industry strategy and guides the leadership team for marketing and sales enablement, channel development, and the solution offerings required to address customers’ business needs. Tom’s 35 years of experience in systems engineering, sales, and product management and marketing of technology business solutions for the retail and hospitality industries has included leadership positions at NCR Corporation and Microsoft. Prior to joining AWS in 2017, Tom served as Vice President of Retail Technologies at the National Retail Federation (NRF), where he oversaw the organization’s cybersecurity program, the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) programs and its technology communities, including the invite-only CIO Council, Women in Retail IT, IT Security Council and the Tech Council