Barry Cooks — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Vice President at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Governing Board Member at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Former Chief Technology Officer at DigitalOcean
Held Vice President R&D and Senior Director R&D roles at VMware
Served as Director of Engineering at Sun Microsystems

Biography

Barry Cooks is a Vice President at Amazon Web Services (AWS). His career includes significant leadership positions across prominent technology companies.

Prior to his role at AWS, Cooks served as the Chief Technology Officer at DigitalOcean. He also held multiple executive positions at VMware, including Vice President R&D Cloud Operations Product Suite and Senior Director R&D. Earlier in his career, he was a Director of Engineering at Sun Microsystems.