Amoroso has a bachelor's degree in systems engineering and a Master's in operations research from the
Polytechnic University of Brooklyn, now part of
New York University. After college, Amoroso worked for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for a number of years in Texas, Illinois and Connecticut. He left EDS to found Computech, a systems consulting firm based in
Bloomfield, Connecticut. It was acquired in 1985 by Price Waterhouse Consulting and he stayed on as a managing partner for several years. He was then recruited by
IBM and worked in multiple capacities between November 1993 to October 1999, including serving as a member of the worldwide management committee. He was named president, CEO and director of CrossWorlds Software, Inc. in November 1999, holding the roles until the company's merger with IBM in January 2002. Amoroso was also an advisor to
Warburg Pincus, a private equity investment firm, from September 2004 to June 2005. The company was acquired by Macrovision in 2006 and he later served as president, CEO and director of Macrovision, which was renamed
Rovi Corporation in 2009. Amoroso stepped down as CEO of Rovi in 2011 and was succeeded by Thomas Carson. Amoroso joined the board of
Yahoo! in February 2012 and oversaw the special committee assembled to investigate
Scott Thompson's
degree legitimacy. He was chosen as the new board chairman in May 2012 after Thompson's departure. He was temporarily replaced in the chairman role by director
Maynard Webb Jr. He joined ModuleQ's advisory board in April 2015. He continues to serve on the Bridge Restoration Ministry board, which he has been part of since at least 2012. ==Personal life==