Before being put in charge of HQ2 workforce development, Ardine Williams was in charge of global hiring for Amazon Web Services, the company’s rapidly growing cloud computing subsidiary. Photo by Stephen Gosling
After a long, successful tech career working as an executive for companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel Corp., Ardine Williams was entitled to rest on her laurels.
It didn’t last long.
Five months into her 2014 retirement, Williams was recruited by Amazon.com Inc. to run global talent acquisition for Amazon Web Services, overseeing the hiring of 23,000 employees for the e-tailer’s rapidly growing cloud computing subsidiary.
She’s now Amazon’s vice president of workforce development for HQ2, responsible for building the 25,000-person workforce the company will need during the next decade at its $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters currently under development in Arlington.
