Marion Desmazières

Experience

Sr Sales Manager, Tech 2021 - Present (almost 5 years)

Sr Account Executive turned people leader managing sales representatives recruiting innovative consumer startups for Amazon's premium growth program for consumer brands.

Sr International Expansion Manager, Alexa Developer Marketing 2018 - 2019 (about 1 year)

Amazon Alexa Fund

Sr Portfolio Manager, Alexa Fund 2019 - 2021 (over 2 years)

Portfolio Manager, providing BD support to 25+ startups, from seed stage to Series B.
Co-lead for Alexa Next Stage, Powered by Techstars program.

#BUILTBYGIRLS

Advisor 2019 - 2021 (about 2 years)

Seattle Angel Conference

Angel Investor 2018 - 2019 (over 1 year)

Startup Weekend

Global Facilitator 2012 - 2018 (almost 6 years)

Amazon Alexa

Sr Partner Program Manager, Alexa Developer Marketing 2015 - 2018 (over 2 years)

UP Global

Employee 2012 - 2013 (about 1 year)

Brandalley

Marketing Assistant - Intern 2011 (3 months)

Amazon: Appstore

Business Development Manager 2014 - 2015 (about 1 year)

Employee

Amazon: Appstore, Brandalley, UP Global, Amazon Alexa, Startup Weekend, Seattle Angel Conference, Amazon Alexa Fund, Amazon

Advisor

#BUILTBYGIRLS

Projects

Day One Syndicate

AngelList is a platform for startups

Founding member · The community for former Amazonians to stay engaged

With Thibaut LaBarre

Education

About

Achievements

While working for Amazon's Alexa Fund (CVC), I co-led the Alexa Next Stage, Powered by Techstars program, an 8-week accelerator for international startups.
Previously from 2017 to 2019, I defined the international strategy for Alexa developer programs to expand to India, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, which allowed Amazon to reach tens of thousands of developers to build local voice applications for customers worldwide. I also initiated and closed dozens of partnerships with tech education organizations such as coding platforms and tech schools, which trained tens of thousands of developers on voice user interface (VUI) design. I developed a corporate innovation program for Startup Weekend (later acquired by Techstars), which brought intrapreneurship editions to Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and the Coca-Cola.

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Skills

Business Development E-Commerce English language Entrepreneurship Facilitator French language Lead Generation Management Marketing Management MBA Networking Program Manager Start up Start-Ups Startups Strategic Partnerships Spanish language Account Management

Locations

Seattle

Marion Desmazières (She/Her)

ex-Amazon. Startup Mentor (Techstars). Angel Investor (Day One). ex-Portfolio Manager (Alexa Fund). Facilitator (Startup Weekend). Advisor (BuiltByGirls).