Efren Mercado
Sr. GTM Specialist, AMD x AWS | Driving Compute Growth Across HPC, AI/ML, and Advanced Workloads
Amazon Web Services (AWS)From scientific breakthroughs to real-time edge AI—HPC is at the heart of innovation. I’m Efren Mercado, Sr.
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Worldwide HPC GTM Lead at AWS, where I help organizations unlock scale and speed with high-performance cloud-native computing. I work with engineering teams, researchers, and digital transformation leaders to: • Run large-scale simulations in the cloud • Accelerate LLM training and inference at the edge • Build real-time AI workflows across healthcare, energy, and manufacturing With a background spanning IoT, Edge AI, and now HPC, I translate technical complexity into customer outcomes. My goal is simple: help you solve your toughest compute challenges—with clarity, speed, and impact. Let’s push boundaries. Connect if you’re building what’s next.
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Sr. GTM Specialist - Semicon
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Serving as the single-threaded owner for AMD's GTM partnership at AWS. Responsible for building and executing joint business plans, managing co-sell pipeline across Core HPC, AI/ML, and Advanced Computing workloads, and driving incremental EC2 AMD instance growth through targeted co-sell programs and MDF-backed campaigns. Works cross-functionally across WWSO, AGS, and field sales teams to activate partner solutions at scale.
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Sr. Worldwide HPC GTM Specialist
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- MICROSOFTJOB
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I have joined the Microsoft Windows Embedded Business covering the Central US. Windows Embedded is a family of operating systems that offer familiar tools and technologies for developers and IT Professionals to deliver the power of Windows and the cloud to specialized devices.
- Azure Core Specialist4M
Azure Core Specialist
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- Internet of Things (IOT) S…8Y 1M
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Microsoft
- HPC Solution Specialist4Y 11M
HPC Solution Specialist
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- DELL TECHNOLOGIESJOB
- Account Executive9Y 11M
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- Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sr. GTM Specialist - Semicon · 2026-04 – present · 4 mo — Serving as the single-threaded owner for AMD's GTM partnership at AWS. Responsible for building and executing joint business plans, managing co-sell pipeline across Core HPC, AI/ML, and Advanced Computing workloads, and driving incremental EC2 AMD instance growth through targeted co-sell programs and MDF-backed campaigns. Works cross-functionally across WWSO, AGS, and field sales teams to activate partner solutions at scale.
- Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sr. Worldwide HPC GTM Specialist · 2025-02 – present · 1y 6mo
- Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sr. Worldwide BDM & GTM Strategy Lead - IoT Connectivity Services · 2022-11 – 2025-02 · 2y 3mo
- Job: Microsoft — Solution Specialist - Windows Embedded Business · 2011-04 – present · 15y 4mo — I have joined the Microsoft Windows Embedded Business covering the Central US. Windows Embedded is a family of operating systems that offer familiar tools and technologies for developers and IT Professionals to deliver the power of Windows and the cloud to specialized devices.
- Job: Microsoft — Azure Core Specialist · 2022-07 – 2022-11 · 4 mo
- Job: Microsoft — Internet of Things (IOT) Specialist · 2014-06 – 2022-07 · 8y 1mo
- Job: Microsoft — HPC Solution Specialist · 2006 – 2010 · 4y
- Job: Microsoft — Business Dev Manager · 2006-05 – 2008-06 · 2y 1mo
- Job: Dell Technologies — Account Executive · 1996-06 – 2006-05 · 9y 11mo
- School: The University of Texas at Austin — Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business Administration and Management, General
- School: The University of Texas at Austin — Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General
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