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He works closely with Roadrunner portfolio leadership and founders to validate ideas and scale technology. Amotz is also a Distinguished Technology Fellow at Schmidt Futures. Prior to Schmidt Futures, Amotz was a VP/Distinguished Engineer at Alexa – Amazon’s voice-based, AI driven digital assistant and companion. In Alexa, Amotz owned the technical vision, major initiatives, and architecture for the Alexa system. Amotz also led the Principal Engineers community and focused on diversity efforts in the engineering organization. Prior to joining Amazon, Amotz was the Chief Architect at Yahoo where he led Yahoo’s Technology Council and drove innovation and tech excellence. In his role as Chief Architect, Amotz was responsible for Yahoo’s technology strategy, architecture, and governance, including Yahoo’s private cloud platform, big data systems, and overall infrastructure. Amotz is an entrepreneur and was part of five start-ups as an engineer and later as a founder in technology and product leadership roles. He was an advisor to multiple start-ups, and a couple of early stage VC funds.