Introducing the final cohort of AWS Heroes this yr – November 2024

As we gear up forward of AWS re:Invent 2024, we’re thrilled to announce our remaining cohort of recent AWS Heroes! These people exemplify experience and dedication to leveraging AWS applied sciences and sharing data. Their contributions to the AWS group are significantly appreciated, and in the present day we’re excited to have a good time them.

Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan – Bengaluru, India

Machine Studying Hero Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan is a Principal Engineer/Govt Director at Wells Fargo. He’s a seasoned machine studying and cloud fanatic with a robust concentrate on AWS applied sciences. Ayyanar’s experience consists of creating knowledge platforms and architecting DevOps and MLOps options to streamline the deployment and administration of machine studying fashions on AWS. He’s obsessed with sharing his data and steadily speaks at trade occasions and group meetups on MLOps, generative AI, and machine studying functions.

Dzenana Dzevlan – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group Hero Dzenana Dzevlan is a co-founder and Technical Supervisor at allOps Options, an APN Companion firm. She is an professional observe lecturer at Worldwide Burch College, and actively shares her data in DevOps, generative AI, and different rising applied sciences. Dzenana’s ardour for expertise extends past the classroom, as she actively mentors college students in cloud and AI options. A devoted advocate for variety in tech, she champions girls’s inclusion and empowerment within the trade. Via talking engagements and mentorship applications, Dzenana evokes and equips the subsequent technology of IT and cloud professionals.

Kenneth Attard – Valletta, Malta

Group 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. Because the chief of the AWS Malta Consumer Group and organizer of the Malta AWS Group Day, Kenneth is obsessed with fostering data and studying amongst cloud fanatics and professionals. He’s additionally a frequent speaker at each native and worldwide occasions, together with AWS Cloud Days, AWS Summits, and AWS Group Days throughout a number of nations.

Marcin Sodkiewicz – Wrocław, Poland

Serverless Hero Marcin Sodkiewicz is a Principal Software program Engineer at Ryanair. He has been there since 2016 and was a part of a large technological leap, from the info middle into the cloud and groups constructing with a serverless-first mindset. Over these years, he has seen and discovered lots—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 journey reasonably priced for everybody,” which matches his curiosity in constructing cost-optimized options that convey aggressive benefits. Marcin blogs and talks about AWS via the lens of his favourite matters: event-driven and serverless architectures, resiliency, value optimization, and observability. Moreover, he is without doubt one of the organizers of the AWS Consumer Group in his metropolis – Wrocław.

Stephen Sennett – Melbourne, Australia

Group Hero Stephen Sennett is a Senior Guide at Kinetic IT in Australia. As an skilled cloud technologist, he has labored with AWS for over a decade as an architect, advisor, engineer, and educator. Stephen was a member of the AWS Group Builders program between 2021 and 2024, performing as a mentor to others within the AWS group, and serving as a public talking coach for upcoming thought leaders via the AWS New Voices program. He’s an skilled keynote speaker, delivering classes at AWS Group Days, AWS Summits, and different tech conferences all over the world. Outdoors of his skilled function, Stephen is an lively volunteer emergency administration officer, and non-profit board director.

Vadym Kazulkin – Bonn, Germany

Serverless Hero Vadym Kazulkin is Head of Growth at ip.labs GmbH (a Fujifilm subsidiary), and brings over 20 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 Consumer Group Bonn meetup, Vadym actively shares his data at native and worldwide occasions, together with AWS and Java meetups, conferences, AWS Group Days, and ServerlessDays. He values group engagement, each for sharing insights and steady studying in cloud and serverless applied sciences.