Talk:Teresa Carlson

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Hi! I'm a COI editor for AWS, here with some requests to expand this article:


 * Add an infobox to replace the featured image, mocked up at right: ✅


 * New "Early career" section: ✅
 * Early in her career, Carlson worked in health management consulting at NovaCare Corp, and then at Keyfile Corp., a document and workflow management company. At Lexign Inc., she led the company's relaunch after a merger in her role as world wide vice president of marketing and business development. In 2002, Carlson began working at Microsoft. She eventually became vice president in charge of Microsoft's $1.7 billion federal business, before departing for Amazon Web Services in December 2010.


 * New "Amazon Web Services" section: ✅
 * At Amazon Web Services, Carlson founded the company's public sector business in the role of vice president of worldwide public sector operations. She is also the head public policy advisor for the public sector business. Her work includes traveling to meet with government leaders and academic administrators to promote cloud computing. She has also created diversity initiatives at Amazon for women and minorities working in the technology industry and has partnered with academic institutions on programs to prepare students for careers in technology. In 2013, Carlson oversaw a deal for Amazon Web Services to provide cloud services to the Central Intelligence Agency.


 * In March 2020, Carlson led Amazon Web Services to launch the Diagnostic Development Initiative to aid in the development of coronavirus diagnostic tools. By 2020, she had grown the public sector business to include more than 5,000 government agencies, 10,000 education institutions, and 28,000 nonprofit organizations as its clients. That same year, her role expanded to add regulated industries like healthcare, financial services, energy services, utilities and telecommunications to her responsibilities. In June 2020, Amazon Web Services created a new unit for aerospace and satellite customers under Carlson's leadership.


 * In April 2021, Carlson announced she would be leaving Amazon Web Services to become president and chief growth officer of Splunk.


 * Carlson is on the boards for nonprofits, including the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. She is a board chairman for the National Capital Region of the American Red Cross and chairman of the White House Historical Association's Council on History.


 * New "Honors" section:
 * Fast Company included Carlson in its 2010 list of the most influential women in technology.
 * Washingtonian named her one of Washington state's 100 most powerful women in 2011 and included her in its 2019 Tech Titans list.
 * Federal Computer Week included her in its 2013 Federal 100 list and gave her one of its Eagle awards in the same year.
 * In 2014, she was ranked #24 by Business Insider in its list of the most important people in cloud computing.
 * In 2016, she received an Ellis Island Medal of Honor.


 * New "Personal life" section:
 * Carlson is married and has two children. ✅


 * Add category: 21st-century American businesspeople ✅

Thank you for your time and assistance! Mary Gaulke (talk) 15:33, 26 March 2021 (UTC); Slightly updated with recent news Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:59, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * , I removed the references from the lead and infobox as, per WP:LEAD, The verifiability policy advises that material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, and direct quotations, should be supported by an inline citation. Any statements about living persons that are challenged or likely to be challenged must have an inline citation every time they are mentioned, including within the lead. I also added a few more categories such as Category:21st-century American businesswomen, Category:Western Kentucky University alumni, and Category:People from Somerset, KentuckyHickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)