Richard Lane Dalzell (born April 7, 1957 in Kentucky)[1][2] was the chief information officer and senior vice president of Amazon.com from 1997 until November 2007.
During his ten years at Amazon.com, he was the driving force behind the growth of technology, software and services.
Prior to joining Amazon.com in 1997, Dalzell was vice president of information systems at Wal-Mart starting in 1990.
At Walmart he developed their datawarehouse strategy from the ground up, giving their suppliers direct access to demographic sales information.
Prior to joining E-Systems, Inc. he served seven years in the United States Army as a teleprocessing officer.