Innovation Ambassadors Podcast
On each episode of this behind-the-scenes series, dive into the "craft of the possible". Enjoy interviews showcasing the most compelling customer engagements. Host Sara Armstrong takes listeners on the journey of innovation in technology solutions.
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Head, AWS Innovation and Transformation Programs
Sara Armstrong
Head, AWS Innovation and Transformation Programs
Sara is passionate about freeing Customers from undifferentiated heavy lifting and helping them envision the "Art of the Possible" through technology solutions.
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Sharing the Mic
Featuring guest co-hosts from AWS teams around the world. Hear from Solutions Architects, Engineers, and Engagement Leaders about their innovative engagements with a diverse array of customers spanning commercial, non-profit, education, and government sectors.
Newest Episodes
Total results: 53
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#53: AWS Innovation with HERE Technologies
Host: Sara Armstrong, Guests: Here Technologies' Senior Product Managers Kristin Thompson and Julian Gonsior and AWS's Shane Madigan and Patrick O'ConnorExplore the innovative work of Here Technologies, a world leader in location-based platforms. Learn about their collaboration with the AWS Prototyping team, where they've developed a next-generation search platform that seamlessly converts natural language query (NLQ) into advanced automotive driving simulations and scenes.
Host Sara is joined by Here Technologies' Senior Product Managers Kristin Thompson and Julian Gonsior and AWS's Shane Madigan and Patrick O'Connor to share insights on building a scalable data pipeline, implementing search capabilities, and leveraging generative AI to streamline simulation testing. Explore how this solution helps automotive manufacturers accelerate the development and validation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) by enabling efficient virtual testing of real-world scenarios. -
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#52: AWS Innovation with FlexGen
Host: Sara Armstrong, Guests: FlexGen's CTO Hugh Scott and AWS Senior Prototyping Architect Allison PryorOn this episode, we go behind the scenes with FlexGen, an innovator in large-scale battery energy storage systems. Hear about their collaboration with the AWS Prototyping team to develop a conversational AI assistant to streamline knowledge workflows and empower frontline technicians. FlexGen's CTO Hugh Scott and AWS Senior Prototyping Architect Allison Pryor share insights on embracing an iterative development approach, maintaining human decision authority, and building continuous learning capabilities. They also explore the broader potential to extend this generative AI approach across FlexGen's business processes.
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#51: AWS Innovation with Perfect Corp.
Host: Sara Armstrong, Guests: Perfect Corp's co-founder Wayne Liu; Danny Wang (Territory Business Development Manager), and Roger Huang (Solutions Architect)On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we showcase the journey of Perfect Corp, a leader in AI and AR virtual try-on solutions for the fashion and beauty industries. Joining our host Sara are Perfect Corp's co-founder Wayne Liu, and AWS experts Danny Wang and Roger Huang. Discover how Perfect Corp architected a massively scalable, secure global platform on AWS to handle billions of daily try-on events.
Explore the innovative AWS services and architecture powering Perfect Corp's AI/AR capabilitiesand hear about their use of generative AI in medical applications like AI-driven skin analysis and surgical visualization tools. -
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#50: AWS Innovation with Epsilon Digital Marketing
Host: Sara Armstrong, Guests: John Conley (Sr. VP of Data Engineering), Andy McNalis (Lead of Marketplace and Taxonomy Teams), and Patrick O'Connor (AWS Prototyping Engineer)On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we're showcasing the journey of Epsilon Digital Marketing - a global leader in outcome-based marketing, helping the world's top brands personalize experiences for millions of people.
John Conley (Sr. VP of Data Engineering), Andy McNalis (Lead of Marketplace and Taxonomy Teams), and Patrick O'Connor (AWS Prototyping Engineer) join Sara to discuss modernizing Epsilon's taxonomy solutions and digital marketing platform with generative AI and a secure serverless architecture.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at developing a distributed system to rapidly categorize massive product datasets across clients with services like Amazon EMR, and Amazon Bedrock. Hear their iterative process enhancing the AI models, improving throughput, upskilling on modern architectures, and fusing marketing domain expertise with AWS's technical capabilities - all while delivering highly personalized ad experiences at epic scale with privacy-by-design.
Interested in joining AWS? The AWS Protoyping team is currently hiring for the following roles:- Applied Scientist: https://amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2676654/sr-applied-scientist-aws-prototyping
- Sr. Prototyping Solutions Architect: https://amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2697403/sr-ai-ml-prototyping-solutions-architect-aws-specialist-prototyping-team
- Sr. Prototyping Solutions Architect: https://amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2708231/sr-prototyping-solutions-architect-aws-specialist-prototyping-team
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#49: AWS Innovation with TaxDown
Host: Sara Armstrong, Guests: Joaquin Fernandez (Founder & CTO), Alvaro Correa (Head of Data & AI), and Manuel Marquez (AWS Sr. Prototyping Engagement Manager)On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we're showcasing the journey of TaxDown - a startup reshaping tax management in Spain and Latin America.
Joaquin Fernandez (Founder & CTO), Alvaro Correa (Head of Data & AI), and Manuel Marquez (AWS Sr. Prototyping Engagement Manager) join Sara to discuss expanding TaxDown's platform for simplifying tax planning while maximizing customer tax breaks.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at developing an AI powered virtual assistant that precisely understands inquiries in Spanish by tapping into AWS services, large language models, and open-source tools. Hear about their iterative approach to enhancing question-answering accuracy, scalability, observability, and operationalizing complex AI models seamlessly.
Gain valuable insights into fusing domain knowledge with technical capabilities as this innovative team walks us through their journey of delivering smarter, human-centered AI solutions that are transforming tax management. -
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#48: AWS Innovation with Manchester Airports Group
Host: Sara Armstrong, Guests: John Hudson (CTO of MAG), Alex Whitehorn (Sr. Software Engineer from MAG), Val Cohen (Sr. Prototyping Engineer from AWS)On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we're showcasing the journey of Manchester Airports Group, the UK's largest airport group that's transforming the travel experience for their customers. MAG’s CTO, John Hudson, shares their vision for creating intuitive, data-driven airport journeys with our host, Sara Armstrong.
Joining the conversation, MAG’s Sr. Software Engineer, Alex Whitehorn, and AWS Prototyping Engineer, Val Cohen take us through developing an AI virtual assistant that understands multilingual customer inquiries by combining data sources like flights, maps and web content. Discover their use of AWS serverless, large language models, open-source tools, and insights on multilingual support, ethical AI guardrails, and fusing business and software expertise.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at MAG's journey delivering innovative, human-centered AI solutions for smarter travel in collaboration with the AWS prototyping team.
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