Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Ecosystem

Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Community

Our Outstanding Contribution to the AWS Community award recognizes exceptional contributions to the cloud space by individuals, AWS Consulting and Technology Partners, ISVs, training providers, or any other organization working in or supporting the AWS community.

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Previous Winner

Rob Koch

Founder | Deaf in the Cloud & Principal, Data Engineering at Slalom

About Rob

Rob created the virtual user group Deaf in the Cloud for deaf and signers that work in tech, providing a space for support and networking, and sharing ideas on the power of the cloud as well as best practices. A frequent blogger on AWS, Rob also speaks at events that help make STEM a better place to work for everyone.

2023 Shortlists

UK shortlist

Dan Pudwell
Principal Cloud Architect at Cloudsoft Corporation

Westminster City Council

Phil Horn
Director at Steamhaus & Organiser of AWS ComSum

Daniel Irvine
Freelance software developer

Yan Cui
Principal Consultant at The Burning Monk, AWS Serverless Hero and Author

Gillian McCann
Co-Founder and CTO at Workgrid Software

Natalie Gray
Partner Engagement at Codurance

North America shortlist

Hiroko Nishimura

AWS Community Hero, Author “AWS for Non-Engineers” and Learning Instructor at LinkedIn.

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Kesha Williams

AWS Machine Learning Hero and Program Director, AWS Cloud Residency at Slalom

Chris Williams

AWS Community Hero and Enterprise Architect at World Wide Technology

Guillermo Fisher

AWS Data Hero and Head of Engineering at Untapped

Namrata Shah
AWS Community Hero and Managing Director at PwC

DACH shortlist

Nana Janashia
Content Creator and DevOps Trainer atTechWorld with Nana

Alexey Grigorev
Principal Data Scientist at OLX Group, Founder of DataTalks.Club

Renato Losio
AWS Data Hero and Principal Cloud Architect at Funambol

Sam Williams
Founder at Complete Coding

Thorsten Höger
AWS DevTools Hero and CEO, Cloud Automation Evangelist at Taimos GmbH Consulting

Global shortlist

Shortlist for our Global event will be released on Monday 22nd May, 2023.

Criteria

Our judges are looking for a trailblazing organization or individual in the AWS space whose achievements enable, inspire, and empower users and businesses of every shape and size to accomplish more.

Successful nominations should:

Outline the nominee's contribution, which could include publications, educational initiatives, innovative practices, or active involvement within the community
Define their impact on the AWS community, using relevant examples that showcase their thought-leadership goals in action
Include anything else that supports their nomination and sets them apart from other AWS professionals

Nominations can be submitted as a 100+ word statement (400 words max) OR a three minute (maximum) video highlighting how the nominee has hit all or some of the elements outlined in the category criteria. Try and include as much tangible evidence as possible—please note that the video should explain why the nominee should win the award, and not exceed the length mentioned above. The video can be shot on a phone, laptop or PC camera, corporate adverts that do not address the category criteria will not be accepted.

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