Beyond Banking: The Journey into AI-Powered Customer Experiences with Ameesh Paleja, EVP of Enterprise Platform Technology at Capital One

Ameesh Paleja the Executive Vice President and Head of Enterprise Platforms Technology at Capital One.

Ameesh leads the Enterprise Platforms Technology organization which includes many of Capital One’s most important enterprise platforms. He oversees enterprise architecture, consumer platforms, and the developer experience. His team plays an essential role in establishing practices for building technology solutions across the company, while also delivering enterprise platform capabilities that exemplify those practices.

Ameesh has more than 20 years’ experience leading technology initiatives and organizations for both startups and large enterprises spanning the technology, media, and entertainment industries. Prior to joining Capital One, he led the efforts on GMail, Chat, Calendar, and Groups for Google. He began his career as a software engineer at Raytheon, NCR, and Microsoft, before joining Amazon where, for more than a decade, he led product and engineering teams within Prime Instant Video, Amazon’s Appstore, Cloud Drive, and Kindle. Ameesh also co-founded Atom Tickets, a movie ticket service startup.

Ameesh is based in Las Vegas and serves as Advisor and Board Member to several for-profit and nonprofit organizations. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of San Diego and holds 26 patents. He is an avid movie buff and enjoys reading and off-roading.

Dana Gardner is president and principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions, an enterprise IT analysis, market research, and consulting firm. Gardner, a leading identifier of software and cloud productivity trends and new IT business growth opportunities, honed his skills and refined his insights as an industry analyst, pundit, and news editor covering the emerging software development and enterprise infrastructure arenas for the last 18 years.Gardner tracks and analyzes a critical set of enterprise software technologies and business development issues: Cloud computing, SOA, business process management, business intelligence, next-generation data centers, and application lifecycle optimization. His specific interests include Enterprise 2.0 and social media, cloud standards and security, as well as integrated marketing technologies and techniques.Gardner is a former senior analyst at Yankee Group and Aberdeen Group, and a former editor-at-large and founding online news editor at InfoWorld. He is a former news editor at IDG News Service, Digital News & Review, and Design News.