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As we gear up forward of AWS re:Invent 2024, we’re thrilled to announce our ultimate cohort of recent AWS Heroes! These people exemplify experience and dedication to leveraging AWS applied sciences and sharing information. Their contributions to the AWS neighborhood are significantly appreciated, and at the moment we’re excited to have fun them.
Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan – Bengaluru, India
Machine Learning Hero Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan is a Principal Engineer/Executive Director at Wells Fargo. He is a seasoned machine studying and cloud fanatic with a robust deal with AWS applied sciences. Ayyanar’s experience consists of creating information platforms and architecting DevOps and MLOps options to streamline the deployment and administration of machine studying fashions on AWS. He is captivated with sharing his information and continuously speaks at business occasions and neighborhood meetups on MLOps, generative AI, and machine studying functions.
Dzenana Dzevlan – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Community Hero Dzenana Dzevlan is a co-founder and Technical Manager at allOps Solutions, an APN Partner firm. She is an knowledgeable follow lecturer at International Burch University, and actively shares her information in DevOps, generative AI, and different rising applied sciences. Dzenana’s ardour for know-how extends past the classroom, as she actively mentors college students in cloud and AI options. A devoted advocate for range in tech, she champions ladies’s inclusion and empowerment within the business. Through talking engagements and mentorship packages, Dzenana evokes and equips the following era of IT and cloud professionals.
Kenneth Attard – Valletta, Malta
Community Hero Kenneth Attard is an Enterprise Architect at Betsson Group in Malta with over 20 years of technical expertise, together with the previous eight years specializing in AWS Cloud networking, safety, and governance. As the chief of the AWS Malta User Group and organizer of the Malta AWS Community Day, Kenneth is captivated with fostering information and studying amongst cloud fans and professionals. He can also be a frequent speaker at each native and worldwide occasions, together with AWS Cloud Days, AWS Summits, and AWS Community Days throughout a number of nations.
Marcin Sodkiewicz – Wrocław, Poland
Serverless Hero Marcin Sodkiewicz is a Principal Software Engineer at Ryanair. He has been there since 2016 and was a part of a large technological leap, from the information heart into the cloud and groups constructing with a serverless-first mindset. Over these years, he has seen and realized loads—particularly the distinction the cloud makes in rapidly delivering high-quality, scalable, dependable, and worthwhile software program. The profitability side is tremendous necessary to him, as he works at a low-cost airline with a mission of “making travel affordable for everyone,” which matches his curiosity in constructing cost-optimized options that carry aggressive benefits. Marcin blogs and talks about AWS by the lens of his favourite matters: event-driven and serverless architectures, resiliency, value optimization, and observability. Additionally, he is among the organizers of the AWS User Group in his metropolis – Wrocław.
Stephen Sennett – Melbourne, Australia
Community Hero Stephen Sennett is a Senior Consultant at Kinetic IT in Australia. As an skilled cloud technologist, he has labored with AWS for over a decade as an architect, marketing consultant, engineer, and educator. Stephen was a member of the AWS Community Builders program between 2021 and 2024, performing as a mentor to others within the AWS neighborhood, and serving as a public talking coach for upcoming thought leaders by the AWS New Voices program. He is an skilled keynote speaker, delivering classes at AWS Community Days, AWS Summits, and different tech conferences world wide. Outside of his skilled function, Stephen is an energetic volunteer emergency administration officer, and non-profit board director.
Vadym Kazulkin – Bonn, Germany
Serverless Hero Vadym Kazulkin is Head of Development at ip.labs GmbH (a Fujifilm subsidiary), and brings over twenty years of Java ecosystem experience. His present focus is designing and implementing extremely scalable AWS Cloud functions, with a ardour for serverless structure. As co-organizer of the Java User Group Bonn meetup, Vadym actively shares his information at native and worldwide occasions, together with AWS and Java meetups, conferences, AWS Community Days, and ServerlessDays. He values neighborhood engagement, each for sharing insights and steady studying in cloud and serverless applied sciences.
Learn More
Visit the AWS Heroes web site should you’d wish to be taught extra concerning the AWS Heroes program, or to attach with a Hero close to you.
— Taylor