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Parichay Saxena is an accomplished technology executive with extensive experience in leading engineering teams and driving innovation in the tech industry. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer for Amazon Worldwide Grocery Shopping Services since September 2019, Saxena oversees the development of global online grocery shopping services and Generative AI experiences. Prior to Amazon, Saxena spent over two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles, including Partner GM and General Manager, where responsibilities included designing secure open-source services, enhancing developer productivity, and transitioning engineering practices to a service-oriented mindset. Saxena's earlier experience includes a role as Director of Software Development at Sony Electronics, where leadership efforts contributed to the launch of the VAIO line of PCs. Parichay Saxena holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University at Albany and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
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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.