#28: AWS Innovation with PeaceLove

Episode Number: 28
Date: November 8, 2022
Speakers: Sara Armstrong (Sr. Manager for Worldwide Prototyping, AWS); Matt Kaplan (CEO of PeaceLove); Eric Rice (Creative Director, PeaceLove); Shirley Davila (Technical Program Manager, AWS); Sanju Sunny (Sr. Design Technologist, AWS)

What role does the cloud play in improving human well-being?

On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we showcase the journey of PeaceLove, a company that aims to create a more mentally healthy world by using creativity and expression.

Host Sara Armstrong (Sr. Manager for Worldwide Prototyping, AWS) interviews Matt Kaplan (CEO of PeaceLove) and Eric Rice (Creative Director, PeaceLove) along with Shirley Davila (Technical Program Manager, AWS) and Sanju Sunny (Sr. Design Technologist, AWS). Explore how the team used Amazon's Working Backwards process to rapidly envision and build a cloud-based game prototype, with the goal of improving emotional and mental wellness for millions of people.

We discuss the personas and key decisions that guided the game’s design and development, as well as its underlying serverless architecture built on AWS Amplify.

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