Named among the 50 most powerful women in Global Telecoms and the 50 top tech leaders in the world , Kathrin Renz has risen to the top of the mobile industry as VP at AWS
Named among the 50 most powerful women in Global Telecoms and the 50 top tech leaders in the world , Kathrin Renz has risen to the top of the mobile industry as VP at AWS
Kathrin Renz is Vice President at Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), having joined the company in July 2020 . And , with a stellar career spanning more than 20 years in senior leadership positions across the mobile industry , here ’ s a deep-dive into how Renz reached the dizzying heights at the top of the mobile game .
Career beginnings Starting off with a year in a Business Analyst role at EADS Aerospace and Defense in 1999 , Renz obtained both a diploma ’ s degree in computer engineering from the University of Cooperative Education ( Berufsakademie Stuttgart ), Germany and a bachelor ’ s degree with honours in Business Administration from the Open University London .
This was all while she kicked off her seven-year career at multinational industrial manufacturing conglomerate Siemens , where she started as a Business Process Manager in ecommerce , before moving to head up Mergers and Acquisitions in Florida two years later , before heading back to Munich another two years later as Head of Performance Controlling International Businesses .
After a further two years in that position , Kathrin ’ s Siemens journey rounded off in Milan , Italy where she became General Manager of Corporate Audit .
Moving on up Renz ’ s career next took her to Nokia , where , over her 13-year tenure , she rose from Managing Director of Integrations at Nokia Siemens Networks in both Munich and Helsinki to eventually become a member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team as Chief Strategy Officer
– where she led the company ’ s corporate and business development efforts , including Nokia ’ s € 15.6 billion ( US $ 16.9bn ) acquisition of Alcatel- Lucent – and eventually to President of Nokia Enterprise , a role held for 18 months from January 2019 . In this role , she was responsible for managing the company ’ s fastestgrowing business that provides Enterprise Networks and Industrial Automation solutions to customers across various industries in BigTech , Energy , Transportation , Manufacturing and Public Sector .
Back in 2014 , during her time as VP of Corporate Strategy , Renz characterised herself as “ a cosmopolitan person and an international citizen ” and said in a magazine interview : “ I am passionate
“ There are only two things that can limit us : our imagination and complacency ”