Abby Vietor | Global Director, Dealer Training & Productivity / Head of Ford University
Ford Motor Company

As Global Director of Dealer Training & Productivity and Head of Ford University, Abby leads an organization that has ownership of all on-demand and digital training programs and platforms for Ford and Lincoln dealers worldwide. In addition to building and operating Ford’s training platforms, Abby’s organization includes a team of internal video producers and content creators who are charged with generating modern edutainment experiences that drive knowledge application and reinforcement. Abby joined Ford Motor Company from Amazon Web Services, where she was Worldwide Head of Global Industry Enablement and led the launch of an organization dedicated to driving productivity and training across all twelve of AWS’ global industries. Abby later served as the Worldwide Head of Innovation and Platform Strategy, which included ownership of AWS’ productivity transformation initiatives. She then partnered with Amazon’s Games industry to build public-facing training programs for Cloud and AI. In this capacity, Abby launched AWS’ first free, public technical certification for industry, enabling technologists seeking to develop skills applicable to the gaming industry.   Prior to joining AWS, Abby was Head of Sales Enablement for IBM North America, where she led a team of sales transformation specialists across seven markets. As part of this role, Abby supported the launch of IBM’s internal television network dedicated to sales. Abby was previously a Senior Manager at Deloitte, specializing in sales intelligence and go to market strategy. Abby is based in New York CIty.