# Leah Bibbo

> Leah Bibbo is a seasoned technology marketing executive with 20+ years of experience in strategic communications. She spent eight years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), rising to Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategic Communications, where she was instrumental in landmark initiatives like the AWS DeepRacer autonomous racing league. Known for her philosophy of embracing uncomfortable opportunities, she has since moved to OpenAI as Vice President of Strategic Pursuits, helping drive enterprise scale and global expansion at one of the world's most consequential AI companies.

- **Role:** Vice President, Strategic Pursuits at OpenAI
- **Organizations:** OpenAI, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware, Borland Software
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, University of Maryland
- **Known for:** Instrumental in launching AWS DeepRacer, a global autonomous racing league that educated developers worldwide in machine learning and AI, Expanded AWS DeepRacer League internationally to Singapore, London, and Tokyo in 2018, Ran 250-person developer workshops as part of AWS DeepRacer rollout

## Career timeline

- **2008-2009** — Director of Corporate Communications at Borland Software
- **2009-2010** — Joined Red PR agency (hired from Borland Software per PRWeek)
- **2010-2013** — Director of Product and Technology PR at VMware
- **2013-2018** — Director of Public Relations at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- **2018-2020** — Director of Strategic Communications at AWS
- **2020-2021** — Head of Product Marketing & Strategic Communications at AWS
- **2021-2024** — Vice President, Product Marketing & Strategic Communications at AWS
- **2024** — Joined OpenAI as Vice President, Strategic Pursuits

## Achievements

- Instrumental in launching AWS DeepRacer, a global autonomous racing league that educated developers worldwide in machine learning and AI
- Expanded AWS DeepRacer League internationally to Singapore, London, and Tokyo in 2018
- Ran 250-person developer workshops as part of AWS DeepRacer rollout
- Rose from Director of PR to VP of Product Marketing at AWS over eight-year tenure
- Featured speaker at AWS re:Invent 2022 and 2023 on digital transformation and cloud security
- Joined OpenAI as VP of Strategic Pursuits to help drive enterprise scale with 1M+ business customers

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Joined OpenAI as Vice President, Strategic Pursuits, focusing on enterprise scale and global expansion
- **2023-01** — Featured at AWS re:Invent 2023 discussing digital transformation and cloud data security
- **2022-12** — Spoke at AWS re:Invent 2022 on cloud optimization and cost management

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-bibbo-65b5334
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/leahbibbo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbibbo14/

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Last updated: 2026-05-31