Product leader at AWS for OpenSearch. Overseeing product activities for Amazon OpenSearch Service, AWS's participation in the OpenSearch Project and current Chair of the OpenSearch Software Foundation. Carl is also responsible for product leadership for Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, Amazon Managed Grafana, Amazon Distro for OpenTelemetry, and Amazon CloudSearch. Previously acted as VP of Product for Engine Yard, Senior Director of Product for Sungard Availability Services, Senior Product Manager for Softlayer/The Planet (now IBM Cloud) and Senior Product Manager for Symantec (now a divison of Broadcom). Carl holds a MBA from Texas McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts from Berklee College of Music in Boston where he majored in music production and engineering.