With more than 30 years of professional experience in the technology industry across several leading companies, including leadership positions at a number of Fortune 500 tech companies, Paula Bellizia is the vice president of AWS for Latin America. Prior to joining AWS, Paula was president at Ebanx, a unicorn in the payments sector and an AWS customer. Paula holds a degree in information technology, with a postgraduate degree in marketing from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), an MBA in Business Administration from FIA-USP in Brazil, and an Advanced Management Program from INSEAD/Fundação Dom Cabral. She has dedicated her skills to social causes, serving for the past four years on the advisory board of Gerando Falcões, a social development network that works to break the cycle of poverty in Brazil through innovation and technology, and supporting the iamtheCODE cause, which empowers and educates women and girls in STEAMD education. Paula has received several awards, including the Executive of the Year award from Valor Econômico in 2017 and 2018, recognition as one of the 50 most influential Hispanic leaders by HITEC in 2018, and inclusion in Bloomberg Línea's 2024 list of 50 Women of Impact in Latin America.