Iram Ali
Senior Advisor, U.S. Federal and NPO, AWS
Iram Ali has been with Amazon Web Services for over three years and currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Vice President, US Federal and Nonprofit Organizations, Worldwide Public Sector, where she positively impacts the customer experience by enabling interactions and engagements. She comes to this role after leading AWS’ public policy efforts in defense and national security, and was a core member of the US Federal team and was responsible for creating, executing and managing key Defense and National Security public policy issues to drive commercial cloud adoption.
Before coming to Amazon, Iram Ali served as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and the White House Liaison to the Department of Defense from March 2014 through January 2017. Appointed by President Obama, she was part of the Secretary's Senior Leadership Team and oversaw over 250 Presidential appointees throughout the Department of Defense. She served as a consultant to the Secretary and his senior staff in matters of strategy, workforce planning, priority setting and administration.
Prior to working at the White House and the Pentagon, Iram was the Director, Government Relations- Intelligence and Security at BAE Systems, Inc., a global defense and aerospace company. Here she developed, maintained and managed critical customer relationships with the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government in support of BAE’s Intelligence and Security sector leadership. She successfully created strategic plans and business winning campaigns, and led the pursuit of business opportunity from identification through contract execution, while keeping leadership apprised of national and global developments and issues.
From 2011 through 2013, Iram was the Chief of Policy (Legislative Affairs) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In this role she supported the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in all legislative activities, including confirmations, budget issues, and member engagements. She has also served in leadership roles on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, specializing in HUMINT, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Community Management issues. She previously held policy and HUMINT positions with the Defense Intelligence Agency, and is a certified interrogator and strategic debriefer.
A native of Detroit, Michigan and fluent in multiple languages, Iram holds an MBA in Global Management from Lawrence Technological University, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Wayne State University.
Before coming to Amazon, Iram Ali served as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and the White House Liaison to the Department of Defense from March 2014 through January 2017. Appointed by President Obama, she was part of the Secretary's Senior Leadership Team and oversaw over 250 Presidential appointees throughout the Department of Defense. She served as a consultant to the Secretary and his senior staff in matters of strategy, workforce planning, priority setting and administration.
Prior to working at the White House and the Pentagon, Iram was the Director, Government Relations- Intelligence and Security at BAE Systems, Inc., a global defense and aerospace company. Here she developed, maintained and managed critical customer relationships with the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government in support of BAE’s Intelligence and Security sector leadership. She successfully created strategic plans and business winning campaigns, and led the pursuit of business opportunity from identification through contract execution, while keeping leadership apprised of national and global developments and issues.
From 2011 through 2013, Iram was the Chief of Policy (Legislative Affairs) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In this role she supported the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in all legislative activities, including confirmations, budget issues, and member engagements. She has also served in leadership roles on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, specializing in HUMINT, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Community Management issues. She previously held policy and HUMINT positions with the Defense Intelligence Agency, and is a certified interrogator and strategic debriefer.
A native of Detroit, Michigan and fluent in multiple languages, Iram holds an MBA in Global Management from Lawrence Technological University, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Wayne State University.