AWS Summit Los Angeles Speakers

VP for AI Products, AWS

Matt is the Vice President of Artificial Intelligence products at AWS. In this role, he works closely with customers, partners, and internal AWS teams to drive effective use of AI across every industry. Matt has been at Amazon for 14 years, and has worked across the cloud business (including helping to launch Lambda, Kinesis, SageMaker, DeepRacer, Athena, and EMR), with a special focus on data, analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

His passion is working with AWS customers (such as the NFL, Cerner, Intuit, Pinterest, GE, FINRA, Celgene, and NASA) to bring their ideas to life. Before joining Amazon, Matt attended medical school in the UK, completed a PhD in machine learning, and was post- doctoral fellow at Cornell University.

SVP, Engineering & Data Science, Lonely Planet

Chris is a technology executive with 20 years of experience in Technology, Machine Learning, Analytics Leadership, DevOps, and Process Automation. He is an award-winning technologist with experience leading global product and engineering organizations for various companies including HSBC, Capital One, TransUnion and most recently leading technology and data for Lonely Planet.

Senior Vice President of Golf Technology, PGA TOUR

Ken Lovell is the Senior Vice President of Golf Technology for the PGA TOUR where he has P&L responsibility for the PGA TOUR’s scoring system, is responsible for licensing, client relationships, and service for scoring products and manages upstream scoring product development. Lovell has worked at the TOUR since 2000 when he was hired to create the TOUR’s research department in order to bring the measurement of consumer needs, preferences, and ideas to internal decision-making processes. He led efforts for developing research methods and resources for all business units within the TOUR, providing competitive intelligence, exploring strategic development opportunities, and providing support where necessary to the TOUR’s partners.

During his time at the TOUR Lovell has also had conducted and overseen exploratory research such as modeling professional player performance statistics to build more compelling and entertaining competitions for fans including an instrumental role in creating the season long FedExCup points race. He also worked to develop communications message strategy, digital media development and creating new ways for the TOUR to become a key part of the entertainment landscape on a day-to-day basis.

During his tenure with the TOUR, Lovell has held positions in the communications and marketing areas, including International Marketing, US Multicultural Marketing, Marketing Analytics and Marketing for the TOUR’s New Ventures area. Prior to his work with the PGA TOUR, Ken was with Procter and Gamble where he was in charge of one of the consumer research teams. He holds a B.A. in History from Brigham Young University and an M.S.M. from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. He is originally from Elko, Nevada but has spent time working throughout the Midwestern United States as well as a two-year volunteer stint in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Ken Lovell was also an Executive in Residence at the University of North Florida where he taught ‘Communication in Sport’.