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#84: Ethan Evans, Executive Mentor and Former Amazon VP — Managerial myths debunked, how to create a safety net for your career, and why everyone should write online

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During his 15+ years at Amazon, Ethan Evans helped invent Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming (formerly Twitch Prime), and Twitch Commerce. He led global teams of over 800 and holds more than 70 patents. Ethan has reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, made 1,000+ hires, and was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader, responsible for training and maintaining Amazon's group of interview outcome facilitators.
Ethan helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are Ethan’s (read the story).
At Amazon, Ethan promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of his former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon.
Ethan retired from Amazon as a Vice President in September 2020 to pay forward his good fortune.
Prior to Amazon, Ethan spent 12 years at 3 startups.
Ethan now teaches leaders to become true executives. Subscribe to Ethan’s newsletter, Level Up, for ongoing career advice, and consider joining the Level Up Career Community. Ethan also offers a range of Leadership Development Courses (live online and on-demand) that go in-depth on topics like “Breaking Through to Executive,” “Managing Up Successfully,” “Leadership Networking,” and more. If you’d like to connect, you can find Ethan on LinkedIn.
Contact Ethan on his website for inquiries about corporate training, speaking requests, and podcast appearances. | Website
https://www.ethanevans.com/
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During his 15+ years at Amazon, Ethan Evans helped invent Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming (formerly Twitch Prime), and Twitch Commerce. He led global teams of over 800 and holds more than 70 patents. Ethan has reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, made 1,000+ hires, and was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader, responsible for training and maintaining Amazon's group of interview outcome facilitators.
Ethan helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are Ethan’s (read the story).
At Amazon, Ethan promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of his former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon.
Ethan retired from Amazon as a Vice President in September 2020 to pay forward his good fortune.
Prior to Amazon, Ethan spent 12 years at 3 startups.
Ethan now teaches leaders to become true executives. Subscribe to Ethan’s newsletter, Level Up, for ongoing career advice, and consider joining the Level Up Career Community. Ethan also offers a range of Leadership Development Courses (live online and on-demand) that go in-depth on topics like “Breaking Through to Executive,” “Managing Up Successfully,” “Leadership Networking,” and more. If you’d like to connect, you can find Ethan on LinkedIn.
Contact Ethan on his website for inquiries about corporate training, speaking requests, and podcast appearances. | Website
https://www.ethanevans.com/
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