Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
Join AWS to get a jump start on 2024 at AI roadshow in NYC! During this free half day event, you will hear from distinguished senior AWS leaders on the exciting new AI/ML capabilities that were announced at re:Invent in Las Vegas, AWS’ premier event of the year. This event will highlight new announcements, educational sessions on generative AI and Big Data, and include immersive experience to advance your AI skills and deliver value faster for your business.
In one highly informative afternoon, both technical and business leaders will learn how to turn AWS’ new AI capabilities into a concrete list of actionable next steps for your team in 2024.
Immersive Experience: Bring your own device and embark on a hands-on learning journey with Amazon Q and CodeWhisperer, guided by step-by-step architectural and deployment best practices. Tailored for all skill levels–whether you are starting your AI/ML journey, an advanced user, or simply curious, we have sessions for your experience and job role.
This is an invitation-only event, open to business and technical leaders and builders in all roles, and will cover a range of topics from business, technical, to organizational sessions.
There is no cost to register or attend. This a highly-interactive, peer group discussion designed for a leader to learn and share experiences across business, operational, and technical topics.
Post-event, we’ll meet at the rooftop atrium on the 11th floor for happy hour and networking with AWS leaders, partners, and your peers.
Randy DeFauw is a Senior Principal Solutions Architect at AWS. He holds an MSEE from the University of Michigan, where he worked on computer vision for autonomous vehicles. He also holds an MBA from Colorado State University. Randy has held a variety of positions in the technology space, ranging from software engineering to product management. He entered the Big Data space in 2013 and continues to explore that area. He is actively working on projects in the ML space and has presented at numerous conferences including Strata and GlueCon.
Glenn Holland is a Principal at Amazon Web Services, focusing on AI-driven Business Innovation for AWS customers. With a robust background in digital innovation, Glenn leverages AI and cloud technologies to help organizations reimagine their business models and customer experiences. At AWS, he employs a forward-thinking approach to innovation, drawing from Amazon's culture of customer obsession and inventive thinking. This involves utilizing AI to enhance decision-making, streamline operations, and create personalized customer experiences.
Before his tenure at AWS, Glenn was instrumental in the development of Salesforce's Ignite digital innovation program, where he also pioneered a transformative program leveraging cloud technologies and business value to drive customer engagement and growth. His extensive experience in solution architecture and strategic partnerships is underpinned by a deep understanding of AI's role in enhancing customer service and engagement.
Glenn resides in Southlake, Texas, with his wife, two daughters and two Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
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