AWS Executive Insights

In this episode, former AWS VP Alec Peterson reveals how having a resilience mindset can help leaders turn setbacks into strategic advantages. Peterson emphasizes that effective resilience strategies don’t focus on preventing all failures, but rather on creating systems that allow organizations to fail forward. By anticipating and planning for potential issues, companies can build a business resilience framework that embra...

In this episode, we catch up with Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, VP of Technology at AWS, as she reveals three transformative approaches to enterprise data management: aggregate, curate, and extend. Drawing from her extensive experience leading AWS data services, Mai-Lan shares how organizations can build flexible, scalable data foundations that enable both innovation and governance. Join Mai-Lan as she discusses the intricacies ...

Stop deliberating and start driving real value from Generative AI. In this must-watch AWS Executive Insights episode, AWS Director of Technology Shaown Nandi and Databricks VP Jeff Traylor cut through the AI hype to reveal practical strategies for achieving tangible AI ROI. Drawing from his experience at both AWS and Databricks, Traylor shares an insider's playbook for successful AI implementation, from building high-perfo...

In the age of AI, customer trust is a hard-won commodity. Join us in this episode of AWS Executive Insights as we speak with Matt Saner, AWS Security Solutions Architect Manager, about the critical intersection of AI, security, and customer trust. AWS security evangelist Clarke Rodgers sits down with Matt to learn how AWS collaborates with customers to address their security challenges in adopting generative AI. Saner emph...

Step inside the future of digital realities with Dr. Burkhard Boeckem, CTO of Hexagon, as he explores the revolutionary convergence of digital twin technology and edge computing with AWS Enterprise Strategist Tom Soderstrom. Learn how Hexagon's approach to digital twins is helping the organization simulate, optimize, and revolutionize its operations while minimizing risks. Dr. Boeckem reveals how Hexagon is pushing the bou...

Tanuja Randery (VP and Managing Director of EMEA for AWS) interviews Dmitry Gurski, CEO and co-founder of Flo Health, the world's leading women's health app that supports over 70 million monthly users. The conversation explores Gurski's journey from pharmaceutical chemistry to software development, and how he built Flo Health into Europe's first femtech unicorn, with a focus on the company's commitment to women's health, d...

Discover what it takes to compete at the highest level in the sporting world in this honest conversation with Jess Corones, General Manager of Performance Support and Olympic Campaign at Swimming Australia. Fresh from Australia's success at the Paris Olympics, Corones shares powerful insights on building high-performance cultures, managing team dynamics in pressure-filled environments, and leading with empathy while mainta...

Discover how emotional intelligence is revolutionizing cybersecurity leadership in this episode of AWS Executive Insights, featuring Hart Rossman, VP of Global Services Security. Beyond technical expertise, security leaders must cultivate empathy, emotional regulation, and interpersonal skills within their workforce in order to avoid burnout, reduce human errors, and realize greater productivity. Learn how AWS is transform...

Frank Ford, Partner at Bain & Company, discusses how organizations can drive meaningful change through "micro-battles" - a method of tackling tough business problems in small, winnable chunks that can later be scaled across the organization. He explains why traditional large-scale transformations often fail (with only 12% success rate) and how focusing on specific, time-bound challenges with clear sponsorship can lead ...

Hear from Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO of e&, in a discussion about the company's remarkable transformation from a telecom provider to a global technology leader. Dowidar shares his leadership philosophy of being bold while creating an innovation-friendly culture that doesn't punish failure, emphasizing how this approach has helped e& become one of the fastest-growing brands in the world with operations in 38 markets. ...

Step inside AWS's cutting-edge approach to network protection with AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer Tom Scholl. In this eye-opening conversation, discover how threat detection tools like MadPot are helping AWS identify and disrupt DDoS-as-a-service providers who sell attack capabilities on the dark web. Scholl reveals how AWS's massive network scale provides unique insights into emerging threats, enabling proactive securi...

Join AWS executives Tony Chor (VP, Builderworks) and Becky Weiss (VP, Distinguished Engineer) as they discuss implementing generative AI in enterprise software development. This conversation reveals how organizations are finding unexpected value in AI-powered "outer loop" tasks like documentation and ticket management, rather than just code generation. The executives share insights on managing workforce concerns, highlight...

EA Rockett, VP Legal at Adobe and "legal CTO," discusses how to effectively implement generative AI within organizations through a structured yet enabling approach. Rockett shares Adobe's six-dimensional framework (A through F) for evaluating AI use cases, which helps teams think through everything from the technology and data inputs to the intended audience and objectives. The conversation also explores how organizations ...

Ever wonder how AWS protects the data of millions of customers while staying ahead of evolving security threats? Get a peek behind the curtain as AWS CISO Chris Betz discusses threat intelligence tools and cloud security at scale. In this candid conversation, AWS Enterprise Strategist Clarke Rodgers sits down with Betz to discuss AWS's philosophy of "invisible security" - protecting customers seamlessly without disrupting ...

How is AI transforming professional soccer? Join AWS Enterprise Strategist Matthias Patzak and Hendrik Weber, SVP of Sports-Technology Innovation at Bundesliga (DFL), for an inside look at how Germany's premier football league is revolutionizing the fan experience through real-time data analytics. Weber discusses how the DFL collects and uses real-time match data, including player tracking and event annotation, to enhance ...

In this episode, AWS Enterprise Strategist Tom Soderstrom sits down with Ron Keesing, Chief AI Officer at Leidos, a Fortune 300 company. As a newly minted CAIO, Ron aims to infuse AI into Leidos' strategy at every level, moving from centralized AI projects to a distributed model of excellence across the organization. Listen in as Ron shares insights from his 20+ years of experience, including strategies for measuring AI su...