Summary
Ilya Pupko is a seasoned technology leader with eight years in senior roles and a 20+-year engineering background, currently leading Practice Management for Customer Experience & Engagement at AWS Professional Services. He combines product, architecture, and go-to-market experience from senior leadership roles at Jitterbit—where he led engineering, product, and architecture efforts that helped the company achieve Gartner recognition—with hands-on consulting and large-scale systems work at LexisNexis and First Advantage. Ilya is skilled at translating complex technical roadmaps into customer-facing solutions and has a track record mentoring teams, building departments from scratch, and shaping technology strategy. Based in Encinitas, CA, he pairs an MBA in entrepreneurship with a BS in Computer Science & Engineering, and is known for bridging deep technical architecture with practical commercial outcomes. An understated strength is his history of earning early web awards and independently shipping products, which reflects long-standing full-stack craftsmanship alongside executive leadership.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering - BS CSE, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering - BS CSE, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics at University of Colorado Denver
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing at University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business
English, Russian, German