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JOHN FLOYD

AWS PARTNER TEAM LEADER / CLOUD / AEROSPACE & RESEARCH

LOCATION New York, NY
CONTACT Hello@JohnHFloyd.com
STATUS AVAILABLE
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SUMMARY

Partner development leader with 10+ years of experience building and scaling partner ecosystems, driving partner-sourced revenue, and leading joint go-to-market with consulting and software partners across regulated industries. Proven track record designing partner strategies, increasing partner attach on multimillion-dollar pipelines, and building and scaling partner programs across regions and segments. Skilled at collaborating at executive level and with sales, product, and customer success to enable partners, support complex deal cycles, and deliver measurable impact.

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EXPERIENCE

2026
2025

GLOBAL PARTNER TEAM MANAGER

JUL 2025 – PRESENT

AMAZON WEB SERVICES // AEROSPACE & SATELLITE // NEW YORK, NY

  • Lead global team of 4 managing AWS Partner Strategy for Aerospace & Satellite business, $300M+ annual quota
  • Manage portfolio of consulting and software partners, building scalable and repeatable plays for the space industry
  • Drive partner business planning with priority partners, aligning mutual goals and metrics, targeting key accounts with AWS field teams
  • Lead US Greenfield demand generation strategy with key partners, overseeing an end-to-end prospecting and inside sales motion while aligning a consulting partner co-invested in the campaign
  • Managed team's $140k travel budget, coordinating across customer meetings, 11 AWS-hosted events, and 7 space industry events

Key Achievements

  • Developed AWS Marketplace (ISV sales) business plan in 2024, illustrating ROI against requested headcount. The resulting plan grew AWS Marketplace consumption 4x from $10.4M in 2023 to $46M in 2025
  • Led AWS Space Days, a specialized global event series for aerospace and satellite customers, delivering 11 events in 2025 that saw 506 attendees and influencing $9.3M in ARR opportunities
  • Leveraged $1.2M of AWS Partner Funding programs (MAP, POC, MDF) against 36 opportunities to accelerate $7.5M+ of partner-led migrations
  • Led demand gen strategy in 2025 discovered 1,381 net-new customer contacts, booked 42 meetings, and generated 22 pipeline opportunities worth $1.3M ARR against a $45k investment
2023

SENIOR PARTNER SALES MANAGER

JAN 2023 – JUL 2025

AMAZON WEB SERVICES // AMER AEROSPACE & SATELLITE // NEW YORK, NY

  • Owned consulting and software partner strategy for AMER Aerospace & Satellite, leveraging AWS Partner Funding programs to incentivize and accelerate customer adoption
  • Developed and executed joint go-to-market strategies with key partners, creating space industry solution offers that drove partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline across enterprise and public sector customers
  • Collaborated closely with partner sales teams and AWS account teams to identify opportunities, support deal progression, and ensure partners were enabled to design and deliver production-grade cloud and space solutions

Key Projects & Achievements

  • Awarded 2024 AWS WWPS Builder of the Year
  • Increased partner attach rate from under 30% on $115M baseline (2023) to over 50% on $230M+ attainment (2024)
  • VMWare Account Mapping Campaign
  • US Federal GTM Strategy
2020

SENIOR PARTNER MANAGER

APR 2020 – JAN 2023

AMAZON WEB SERVICES // PUBLIC SECTOR & HEALTHCARE // NEW YORK, NY

  • Built regional go-to-market plans with public sector and healthcare consulting partners, aligning on target accounts and supporting complex, multi-stakeholder deal cycles - achieving average attainment of 117.5% on non-revenue goals and 207% on revenue goals
  • Managed 52 AWS partner funding program requests, driving $4.7M of AWS investment and generating $27.1M ARR in AWS opportunity, with clear governance and ROI measurement

Key Projects & Achievements

  • UCSD/Strategic Blue – CloudBank
  • TEKsystems SCA
  • GreenRiver - Boston Homelessness Data Platform
2018

PARTNER MANAGER

MAY 2018 – APR 2020

AMAZON WEB SERVICES // STATE & LOCAL GOV AND EDUCATION // WASHINGTON, DC

  • Onboarded and developed 500+ AWS consulting partners across state/local, education, and healthcare sectors, building a broad ecosystem of regional and specialized systems integrators
  • Created joint regional strategies with partners, including enablement motions and field-facing plays that supported scalable partner engagement and pipeline growth

Key Projects & Achievements

  • Pariveda - UW & WashingtonDOT VCC Platform
2014

SENIOR ANALYST

JUL 2014 – MAY 2018

COMSCORE, INC. // SYNDICATED CLIENT INSIGHTS // NEW YORK, NY

  • Managed 60+ client relationships, acting as strategic consultant on digital strategy while positioning comScore's digital analytics solutions
  • Provided data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to enterprise clients across media and technology sectors
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EDUCATION

BA - BUSINESS & FINANCE

2010 – 2014

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE // EASTON, PA

  • Division I Men's Lacrosse, Patriot League // David Heard Award 2014 – awarded to one player who consistently inspired and led teammates both on and off the field through unselfishness and loyalty to the team and Lafayette College
  • Selected for Lafayette Initiative for Malagasy Education (LIME) 2012-2013: traveled to Madagascar to assist students through college application and standardized testing processes while studying Malagasy economic activity and poverty
  • Mechanical Engineering Fellowship designed and built asphalt ski - receiving the first-ever College-sponsored U.S. patent
MIT - New Space Economy AWS - Cloud Practitioner AWS - AI Practitioner
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INITIATIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS

CERTIFICATION COMPLETED_2025

MIT – NEW SPACE ECONOMY

Completed MIT Professional Education program on space economy, commercial space ventures, satellite constellations, and emerging market opportunities in LEO/GEO. Applied learnings to AWS aerospace partner strategy and customer engagement models. 72 Hours of hybrid curriculum, sponsored by AWS.

Space Tech Satellites Continuous Education
RECOGNITION 2024_AWARD

AWS AWARD - WWPS BUILDER OF THE YEAR

Recognized as 2024 AWS Worldwide Public Sector Builder of the Year for exceptional contributions to partner ecosystem development in the Aerospace & Satellite vertical. Award honors innovative go-to-market strategies that drove 70% partner attach rate and $300M+ in partner-influenced revenue.

Partner Strategy Leadership
COMMUNITY MENTOR

iMENTOR NYC

Mentored high school students in NYC through the college application process (2016-2019). Provided guidance on college selection, application strategy, essay development, and career planning. Committed to supporting underserved communities through education access initiatives.

Mentorship Education Community Service
INNOVATION GRANTED

U.S. PATENT - ILLUMINATED RESTAURANT MENU

Granted United States Patent (2006) for illuminated menu display system. Led product development and marketing efforts, bringing innovative restaurant technology solution from concept to market. Early experience in product innovation and commercialization.

Product Design Innovation US Patent
INNOVATION GRANTED

U.S. PATENT - ASPHALT SKI

Mechanical Engineering Fellowship designed and built the "Yette Ski," an asphalt ski that mimics true downhill carving via a novel swivel-wheel end design, leading a multidisciplinary student team whose work became Lafayette College's first College-sponsored U.S. patent and included market research.

Product Design Prototyping Innovation