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.
Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.
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.
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.
Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.
AWS re:Invent is Amazon Web Services' global event of the year--and for the first time, it's coming to Ottawa.
Join Canadian AWS leaders to watch the livestream of CEO Adam Selipsky's keynote speech. Be the first to learn about AWS' 2023 service launches and new announcements. Meet AWS technical experts and ask your questions.
In addition, hear from Servillano Poserio, Data Scientist, and Rabih Raffoul, Solutions Architect, of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), as they showcase their next generation data analytics platform.
Sign up now and join us for lunch, learning, and key insights to accelerate your 2023 cloud journey.
(Doors open at 10AM) - Agenda below
This event is a perfect fit for staff at all levels of seniority and information technology (IT) knowledge. Whether your team is small or large, you'll learn key cloud concepts that can be applied right away in:
• Federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal government
• K-12 schools and higher education institutions
• Nonprofits and charitable organizations
• Health care organizations
Kirsten is a senior business leader with 25 years’ experience in sales, consulting, and business operations. Joining AWS in 2018, she currently serves as Federal Government Leader, where she is focused on shaping and delivering strategies to enable public sector digital transformation. Prior to joining AWS, Kirsten held senior leadership positions with both public and private sector organizations, spanning multiple roles and experiences within IT start-ups, enterprise firms, and academia. In 2019, Kirsten co-chaired the IT Association of Canada (ITAC) Cloud Working Group, co-authoring a Government of Canada whitepaper titled “Governments Embracing Cloud: An Opportunity for Modernization, Innovation and Transformation”. Kirsten is an avid gardener and traveler. She lives in Ottawa with her husband, son, and dog, Bailey.
