Leadership

Jeff Kunins

Chief Product Officer & Chief Technology Officer

As Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Jeff leads Axon’s global Product Management, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Design, and Security teams -- delivering our diverse portfolio of product lines including Body Cameras and Vehicle Cameras, non-lethal de-escalation tools such as TASER energy weapons, and SAAS platforms for Digital Evidence Management, Productivity, and Real-time Operations.  Since joining Axon in 2019, he has driven transformational growth and rigor in Axon's global R&D organization, which is renowned for delivering best-in-class SaaS platforms and sensors devices for public safety.

For 30 years, Jeff has led innovation and shipped products used by hundred of millions of people and powering billions of dollars in revenue.  Prior to Axon, Jeff was Vice President of Amazon’s Alexa Entertainment and led Alexa’s global experience, developer platform, and strategic partnerships for music and video on Alexa-enabled devices. Jeff also served as VP of Amazon Kindle’s global reading experience, GM of Product and Design at Skype, GM of Windows Live Messenger at Microsoft, and spent eight years at cloud-based voice services pioneer Tellme Networks, where he served as VP of Product through their acquisition by Microsoft in 2007.

Jeff received his B.S. in Information & Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon University, and was recognized with the distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 2014. Jeff holds a Board of Directors observer seat with both Flock Safety and RapidSOS, and also serves on the Board of the Seattle Police Foundation.

We literally write code to save lives — every single day. I’m here because I truly believe Axon is the best example on the planet of using tech for good while building disruptively impactful products, platforms, and business models.