Speakers

Susanne Seitinger leads AI and ML Product Marketing at Amazon Web Services (AWS), including the introduction of critical generative AI services like Amazon Bedrock as well as coordinating generative AI marketing activities across AWS. Prior to joining AWS, Susanne was the Director of Public Sector Marketing at Verizon Business Group to help government leaders across connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic, transportation, public safety, and infrastructure. Susanne previously drove public sector marketing in the United States for Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) after holding various positions of increasing responsibility in R&D, innovation, and segment management and marketing. She worked on key projects like relighting the Zakim Bridge in Boston and smart cities messaging in the company’s fastest-growing segment. 

Susanne holds a BA from Princeton University as well as a Master’s in City Planning and a PhD from MIT. Her dissertation Liberated Pixels: Alternative Narratives for Lighting Future Cities explored the aesthetic and interactive potential for future lighting and display infrastructures. Susanne is a sought-after subject-matter expert on the future of light and smart cities. She served as President of the Board of Directors of the Illuminating Engineering Society. When she isn’t out learning from cities, she lives with her husband and twins in Brookline, MA.