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Jeff Ferris is a seasoned professional in the fields of economics and data science, currently serving as Senior Manager, Economist at Amazon since October 2022. Prior to this role, Ferris held various positions at Convoy Inc, including Director of Data Science, Network Efficiency, and Head of Science, Carrier Research and Experimentation, from January 2020 to October 2022. Ferris also contributed to Amazon as a Senior Economist and Economist from May 2016 to January 2020. Previous experience includes working as a Project Manager at ECONorthwest, where Ferris applied econometric and machine learning models related to natural resource and urban planning consulting. Early career roles include research positions at the University of Maryland, Resources for the Future, and NOAA. Ferris earned a Ph.D. and a Master's Degree in Agriculture and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, along with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Washington.
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Amazon is an American multinational technology and vast Internet-based enterprise that sells books, music, movies, housewares, electronics, toys, and many other goods, either directly or as the middleman between other retailers and Amazon.com's millions of customers. More specifically, they are a company that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Their mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Its actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories: a strategy that has earned it the moniker The Everything Store. It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox (autonomous vehicles), Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. Amazon has earned a reputation as a disruptor of well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale. As of 2021, it is the world's largest online retailer and marketplace. In 2021, it surpassed Walmart as the world's largest retailer outside of China, driven in large part by its paid subscription plan, Amazon Prime, which has over 200 million subscribers worldwide. It is the second-largest private employer in the United States. Amazon also distributes a variety of downloadable and streaming content through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, Twitch, and Audible units. It publishes books through its publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, film and television content through Amazon Studios, and has been the owner of film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since March 2022. It also produces consumer electronics—most notably, Kindle e-readers, Echo devices, Fire tablets, and Fire TVs.