Amir Kashani

Amir Kashani

VP, AWS Cloud Native Development

Rackspace

As VP of AWS Cloud Native Development, Amir Kashani leads a team focused on building cloud-first software solutions for customers across a wide variety of industries. With over 20 years of technical experience and having led product and engineering teams for over ten years, Amir oversees delivery of solutions that reshape how companies embrace the cloud. As a trailblazer of cloud native development, Amir has helped break barriers to cloud native adoption, including in areas of serverless computing and IoT. Amir previously served a similar role at Onica, which was recently acquired by Rackspace. Prior to that, he was co-founder of Sturdy Networks, overseeing technical delivery through to the acquisition by Onica. Amir holds a B.S. in Information & Computer Science from University of California, Irvine.