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We’re excited to announce the newest cohort of AWS Heroes, acknowledged for his or her distinctive contributions and technical management. These passionate people characterize various areas and technical specialties, demonstrating notable experience and dedication to information sharing inside the AWS neighborhood. From AI and machine studying to serverless architectures and safety, our new Heroes showcase the breadth of cloud innovation whereas fostering inclusive and interesting technical communities. Be part of us in welcoming these neighborhood leaders who’re serving to to form the way forward for cloud computing and provoking the following technology of AWS builders.
Kristine Armiyants – Masis, Armenia
Neighborhood Hero Kristine Armiyants is a software program engineer and cloud assist engineer who transitioned into expertise from a background in finance, having earned an MBA earlier than turning into self-taught in software program growth. Because the founder and chief of AWS Consumer Group Armenia for over 2.5 years, she has remodeled the native tech panorama by organizing Armenia’s first AWS Neighborhood Day, scaling it from 320 to 440+ attendees, and main a staff that brings international-scale occasions to her nation. By means of her technical articles in Armenian, hands-on workshops, and “no-filter” weblog collection, she makes cloud information extra accessible whereas mentoring new consumer group organizers and early-career engineers. Her dedication to neighborhood constructing has resulted in 5 new AWS Neighborhood Builders from Armenia, demonstrating her dedication to creating inclusive areas for studying and development within the AWS neighborhood.
Nadia Reyhani – Perth, Australia
Machine Studying Hero Nadia Reyhani is an AI Product Engineer who integrates DevOps finest practices with machine studying programs. She is a former AWS Neighborhood Builder and repeatedly presents at AWS occasions on constructing scalable AI options utilizing Amazon SageMaker and Bedrock. As a Ladies in Digital Ambassador, she combines technical experience with advocacy, creating inclusive areas for underrepresented teams in cloud and AI applied sciences.
Raphael Manke – Karlsruhe, Germany
DevTools Hero Raphael Manke is a Senior Product Engineer at Dash0 and the creator of the unofficial AWS re:Invent planner, which is used to assist construct a schedule for the occasion. With a decade of AWS expertise, he makes a speciality of serverless applied sciences and DevTools that streamline cloud growth. Because the organizer of the AWS Consumer Group in Karlsruhe and a former AWS Neighborhood Builder, he actively contributes to product enhancement by means of public talking and direct collaboration with AWS service groups. His dedication to the AWS neighborhood spans from native consumer group management to offering invaluable suggestions to service groups.
Rowan Udell – Brisbane, Australia
Safety Hero Rowan Udell is an unbiased AWS safety advisor specializing in AWS Identification and Entry Administration (IAM). He has been sharing AWS safety experience for over a decade by means of books, weblog posts, meet-ups, workshops, and convention displays. Rowan has taken half in lots of AWS neighborhood applications, was an AWS Neighborhood Builder for 4 years, and is a part of the AWS Neighborhood Day Australia Organizing Committee. A frequent speaker at AWS occasions together with Sydney Summit and different neighborhood meetups, Rowan is understood for reworking advanced safety ideas into easy, sensible, and workable options for companies securing their AWS environments.
Sangwoon (Chris) Park – Seoul, Korea
Serverless Hero Sangwoon (Chris) Park leads growth at RECON Labs, an AI startup specializing in AI-driven 3D content material technology. He’s a former AWS Neighborhood Builder and the creator of “AWS Classroom” YouTube channel, and he shares sensible serverless structure information with the AWS neighborhood. Chris hosts month-to-month AWS Classroom Meetups and the AWS KRUG Serverless Small Group, actively selling serverless applied sciences by means of neighborhood occasions and academic content material.
Toshal Khawale – Pune, India
Neighborhood Hero Toshal Khawale is an skilled expertise chief with over 22 years of experience in engineering and AWS cloud expertise, holding 12 AWS certifications that reveal his cloud information. As a Managing Director at PwC, Toshal guides organizations by means of cloud transformation, digital innovation, and software modernization initiatives, having led quite a few large-scale AWS migrations and generative AI implementations. He was an AWS Neighborhood Builder for six years and continues to function the AWS Consumer Group Pune Chief, actively fostering neighborhood engagement and information sharing. By means of his roles as a mentor, frequent speaker, and advocate, Toshal helps organizations maximize their AWS investments whereas staying on the forefront of cloud expertise developments.
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Go to the AWS Heroes webpage in case you’d wish to study extra in regards to the AWS Heroes program, or to attach with a Hero close to you.
— Taylor