Smita Dutta is currently developing new international regions at Amazon Web Services after many years at IBM. Her other work experiences includes as an analyst at a bank in Switzerland, and as an exhibition researcher at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She holds an MBA from Yale and an MA in history of science from the Johns Hopkins University. She was on the AALead board for 10 years and served as Board Chair for 3 years. She lives in Arlington with her husband and daughter.