AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog
Meet Our New AWS Ambassadors from Q4 2023 and Explore Latest Activities
By Matthijs ten Seldam, Global Program Manager – AWS Ambassador Program
The AWS Ambassador Program is a vibrant worldwide community of AWS experts, known as AWS Ambassadors, from AWS Partner Network (APN) Services and Software Partners.
AWS Ambassadors are prominent leaders who are passionate about sharing their Amazon Web Services (AWS) expertise. They author blogs and whitepapers, create and deliver public presentations, contribute to open-source projects, and drive their organization’s AWS proficiency.
AWS Ambassadors evangelize AWS via social media and facilitate peer-to-peer learning by presenting at conferences, leading workshops, and hosting user group events. As a result of their membership in the AWS Ambassador program, AWS Partner team members gain advanced knowledge and sharpen their AWS expertise.
What Have Our AWS Ambassadors Been Up To?
AWS Ambassadors are recognized as influential AWS professionals in supporting and driving their organization’s AWS proficiency and sharing their thought leadership with the broader community. They possess and maintain multiple AWS Certifications and develop their organization’s capabilities to make our customers successful with AWS.
Here are some examples of thought leadership shared by AWS Ambassadors across the world:
ANZ
- Alan Blockley (Itoc) – Getting Started with AWS DeepRacer
- Ekant Mate (Blazeclan) – Automating Patching and AMI Release with Image Builder and SSM via CloudFormation
- Greg Luxford (Cevo) – Disabling S3 ACL’s and S3 Object Ownership
- Josh Armitage (Contino) – Two Common AWS KMS Anti-Patterns
- Lee Murphy (Datacom) – Updating an Old AWS CDK Application and Components
- Nick Little (CyberCX) – AWS Certificate Auto-Renewal Debugging
- Rowan Udell (Versent) – Block Expensive AWS Actions with SCPs
- Scott Baldwin (Telstra) – Unit Testing DynamoDB Code
- Wayne Hayes (WOLK Technology) – Best Practices for Building Secure and Compliant Environments on AWS
ASEAN
- Gokul Bala (Crayon) – Establishing a Modernization CCoE
- Ardi Harnitya (Westcon) – Cloud Financial Management
- Minh Le (RenovaCloud) – Building a Secured Landing Zone with AWS Best Practices
CHINA
- Yitao Cen (Fortinet) – Using FortiGate and FortiWeb to Provide Deep Defense for Distributed Loads
- Yitao Cen (Fortinet) – Deploying FortiWeb WAF to Implement Application Password Brute Force Cracking Protection
EMEA
- Anton Isaiev (EPAM) – Comparing AWS Marketplace Offerings: AMI-Based vs. Amazon ECS
- Chris Bingham (Eviden) – Multi-Model Generative AI Prompt Chaining with AWS PartyRock
- Gareth Bowers (Silicon Overdrive) – Unveiling the Benefits of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Hendrik Hagen (tecRacer) – Centralized Traffic Filtering Using AWS Network Firewall
- Krzysztof Kąkol (Xebia) – Principle of Least Privilege
- Mark Ross (Eviden) – AWS Deep Racer Optimizer
- Martyn Kilbryde (D55) – Digging into How AWS PartyRock Works
- Radhakrishna Banavalikar (TCS) – Comprehensive Overview of Generative AI Models on Amazon Bedrock
- Roman Tsypuk (Capgemini) – Sentimental Analysis of Popular Movies Using Amazon Comprehend
- Jimmy Dahlqvist (Sigma Technology) – Protecting a Static Website with JWT and Lambda@Edge
- Jari Ikävalko (Skillwell) – Building an Intelligent, Contextual Help Service for SaaS Using Generative AI
- Deniz Parmaksız (Insider) – Package Management in Spring Boot Using AWS CodeArtifact
- Dirk Michel (MYCOM OSI) – On Amazon EKS and Amazon Inspector
- Irene Aguilar (NTT Data EMEAL) – Monolith Decomposition: Architecture Patterns Applied in AWS
- Maarten Bruntink (Nordcloud) – AWS Ambassador Summit 2023
INDIA
- Adit Modi (Simform Solutions) – Accelerating AI Deployment with DevOps: Best Practices on AWS
- Anand Gupta (Capgemini) – Package Management in Spring Boot Using AWS CodeArtifact
- Bhupali Tambekar (Comprinno) – Mastering Resilience: Guide to Understanding and Achieving Robust Systems
- Gargee Bhatnagar (Capgemini) – Cross-Region Transfer of Data from Amazon EFS to EFS Using AWS DataSync
- Raji Krishnamoorthy (TCS) – Priority Pass to Amazon Verified Permissions
- Rahul Sharma (SourceFuse) – Mastering Advanced VPC Routing: Strategies, Tips, and Best Practices
- Sanchit Jain (Quantiphi) – Modern Data Strategy: Analyzing Amazon Redshift Across Sectors
- Sapna Mandhare (Capgemini) – Exploring the Power of AWS Conformance Packs in Restaurant Industry
- Umashankar Nedunchezhian (1CloudHub) – Deploying Hugging Face Models on Amazon SageMaker
- Venkatesh Muthusami (Infosys) – FinOps for AWS
JAPAN
- Atsushi Umakatsu (NRI) – Run AWS Lambda Created with CDK with Remote-Invoke
- Hideto Haraguchi (Seeds) – Benchmarking Results of R7i and C7i Instances Equipped with the latest Intel CPUs on EC2
- Ippei Nishiyama (GeekFeed) – Provide Dynamic and Personalized CX with In-App Web Call for Amazon Connect
- Issei Hamada (Sony Biz Networks) – Multi-Layered Defense Realized by Using AWS
- Kazuaki Morita (Fujisoft) – Improve Your Development Experience with Agents for Amazon Bedrock
- Sho Kimishima (GeekFeed) – AWS Card Clash Strategy Wiki to Learn AWS Architecture
- Tomotaka Kizawa (SCSK) – Summarize and Notify AWS Blogs with Amazon Bedrock (Titan Text Model)
- Yasuaki Okumura (NTT Data) – Initial Setup When Integrating Amazon GuardDuty with AWS Organizations
- Yusuke Shimizu (NRI Netcom) – Advent Calendar Made with Generative AI
KOREA
- Jihun Lim (GS Neotek) – Providing a Caching Layer for LLMs with Langchain in AWS (Korean)
- Seongwoo Choi (GS Neotek) – ReAct, Agents for Amazon Bedrock (Korean)
- SeonBo Shim (Bespin Global) – Amazon EKS Deep Dive (Korean)
LATAM
- Maria Claudia Marquez (Caleidos) – Control Remoto de Luces IoT
- Alejandro Velez (Sophos Solutions) – DevSecOps: Creating Test Environments On-Demand – Part 1
- Alejandro Velez (Sophos Solutions) – DevSecOps: Creating test Environments On-Demand – Part 2
NAMER
- Collin Smith (Accolite Digital) – Creating a Java 21 Spring Boot 3 Application on AWS Lambda
- Jeremy Ritchie (Caylent) – Hosting Multiple Applications Together with SNI and Application Load Balancer
- Ruslan Kusov (SoftServe) – Untold Stories of AWS Cost Optimization or Lessons Learned the Hard Way
- Justin Cook (Eviden) – Opening Up Amazon SageMaker Capabilities After re:Invent
- Matt Barlow (StratusGrid) – Amazon Kinesis: How to Overcome Batch Requests and Poison Pills
Welcome to Our Latest AWS Ambassadors
We are excited to introduce our newest AWS Ambassadors from Q4 2023!
ANZ
- Brian Huang (Rackspace)
- Matthew Merriel (CMD)
- James Tosswill (Nextgen Group)
EMEA
- Debadatta Panda (TCS)
- Thomas Heinen (Reply)
- Jari Ikävalko (Skillwell)
- Miguel Angel Muñoz Sanchez (Paradigma Digital)
- Samuel Durand (Kreuzwerker)
INDIA
- Adit Modi (Simform Solutions)
- Meenakshi Muralidharan (LTIMindtree)
- Ravindra Malpute (Cloudxchange)
- Sourabh Chordiya (Wipro)
- Sushant Paudyal (Genese Solutions)
- Dheeraj Choudhary (EPAM)
- Pradeep Singh (Kyndryl)
- Anirudh Mehta (Eviden)
- Ankur Chawla (Rackspace)
- Ashish Kasaudhan (PwC)
KOREA
- Minhyeok Cha (SmileShark)
LATAM
- Alexandre Gusson (GFT)
NAMER
- Girish Mukim (IBM)
- Matt Skillman (Trek10)
- Raghavan Madabusi (Info Services)
- Vivek Velso (Cognizant)
- Jennifer Bergstrom (Parsons)
- Timothy Patterson (Northbay Solutions)
- Celeste Shao (Ascending)
- Thomas Ricardo (Oxford Global Resources)
Learn More About AWS Ambassadors
To learn more about the program and see the current AWS Ambassadors, visit our AWS Ambassadors program page.
If you’re 1) an employee of an AWS Services Partner at the Advanced or Premier tier, or 2) an AWS Software Partner, hold multiple active AWS Certifications, are recognized as a thought leader in your organization, and share your expertise with the AWS community, then you may be a great fit for the program. Please contact your Partner Manager or Solutions Architect for details.
If you’re an AWS customer and want to contact an AWS Ambassador, we have listed each AWS Ambassador’s contact information so you can connect with them directly through their employer. Just click the ‘Contact Partner’ button to get started!