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Paul Misener is the Founder and Principal of Misener Innovation LLC, a consultancy dedicated to helping organizations innovate, advocate, and communicate.

A global vice president at Amazon.com for 23 years, most recently Vice President for Global Innovation Policy and Communications, Paul helped build the company; was a leader in Amazon’s methods of innovation; and represented Amazon to external organizations and internal colleagues worldwide.

Paul is an engineer/scientist (Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Princeton University, 1985; senior research in the Department of Physics). He is also an attorney (Juris Doctor, George Mason University, 1993; GMU Distinguished Achievement Award, 2001). In 2023, Paul was awarded the degree of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by George Mason University.

The founder of Amazon’s global public policy organization, Paul built and led this team and served as the company’s Vice President for Global Public Policy from February 2000 to May 2016. Paul has testified before the United States Congress over 30 times and many dozens of times before other policymaking bodies around the world. He has delivered hundreds of speeches and media interviews.

Paul frequently discusses innovation principles and methods with corporate CEOs, public policy makers, and their senior leadership teams. For the two years (2015-16) that Amazon’s CEO chaired The Business Council (a CEO-only group), Paul served as his sole staffer.

Paul has met hundreds of times with political leaders around the world, including heads of state, cabinet ministers, and legislators. In the US, Paul has met with hundreds of Representatives and Senators, as well as dozens of times with the governors of US states. Paul successfully negotiated policy agreements with many of these governors, and jointly announced them in public appearances. Paul also established and for several years oversaw Amazon’s economic development incentives program.