Colin Bryar
Former Amazon executive and coach
Colin Bryar spent 12 years in Amazon's senior leadership, including two as chief of staff to Jeff Bezos. He now coaches executives on Amazon's management practices.
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About Colin Bryar
Colin Bryar started at Amazon in 1998, when the company was four years old, and stayed for 12 years as it grew from selling books only in the US into a global business. He was a Vice President there, and for two years he served as chief of staff to Jeff Bezos, sitting in on meetings and traveling alongside him. After Amazon, Bryar moved with his family to Singapore for two years and worked as Chief Operating Officer of the e-commerce company RedMart, which was later sold to Alibaba. He co-founded Working Backwards LLC, where he coaches executives at large and early-stage companies on putting Amazon's management practices to work. His book in our catalog is Working Backwards. Bryar holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Engineering degree in Operations Research from Cornell University.