re:Invent recap

Hello everyone!
Please join us on Thursday the 8th of December from 5.30pm.

Topic: re:Invent recap

Venue Location: AWS Office
(Level 13, Commercial Bay, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland)

*IMPORTANT*
Due to security protocols at AWS’ office you must complete this form 24 hours prior to the start of the event (Decmber 8th at 5.30pm). It is compulsory to complete this form for all attendees to gain access into the venue. You will need to provide photo ID to building security upon arrival.

Speakers:
Geethika Guruge - An experienced solutions architect with a software engineering background, he is a strong advocate for cloud based infrastructure, and dev ops practices. He will be talking about “EKS Blueprints” which is a collection of open-source, infrastructure as code (IaC) modules to bootstrap an EKS cluster with popular Kubernetes tools.

Kishan Gunaratna - Principal Consultant in the Data and Analytics Practice at Servian. He has been building on AWS since 2014. During the last 8 years Kishan has used AWS services to build innovative solutions for businesses ranging from Serverless Data Lakes to transformative Contact Center experiences using Amazon Connect, Lex and Kendra. Being a passionate AWS enthusiast, Kishan makes it a point to watch the keynotes live every year to be one of the first to know about what disruptive new services are being announced at re:Invent.

Peter Joseph - 12 years’ experience in cloud with 22 years in the industry. Starting out as a Cisco network engineer and expanding into converged infrastructure a move in 2010 to the rapidly emerging world of cloud computing was natural. Although only at AWS for a short time, with stints at a large US telco, another cloud provider and supporting two large AWS partners in building their cloud practice, Peter brings over seven years AWS experience to the table.

Alex Zhong - Founding engineer of Zorbi (40% monthly retention rate), NFT startup founder (acquired by a US agency this year), open-source contributor (my GitHub handle is 0xYao). Infrastructure backed by AWS.

Doors open at 5pm
o 5:30 pm - Start Networking
o 6:00 pm - TBC
o 7.00 pm- Networking
o 7:30 pm Finish