Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.
Clear your calendar - It's going down! You're invited to join our hosts, Shawn and Matt as they Amplify your day by sharing all things AWS Amplify.
AWS Amplify is a set of tools and services that enables front-end web and mobile developers to build secure, scalable full stack applications, powered by AWS.
Shawn and Matt will go over pro tips on how to develop your web or mobile application with Amplify, they'll get into live coding and feature special guests.
Come one, come all, bring a guest, and check out the easiest and fastest way to get your app up and running.
Show Hosts (Check out Bios below)
Shawn Wang, Sr. Developer Advocate, AWS Amplify
Matt Auerbach, Solutions Architect, AWS Mobile
We've got a 6-series show in store for you, with a live episode airing every 2 weeks. Mark your calendar for the show dates below:
Wednesday, August 26, 2020: 11am-12pm PST
Wednesday, September 9, 2020: 11am-12pm PST
Wednesday, September 23, 2020: 11am-12pm PST
Wednesday, October 7, 2020: 11am-12pm PST
Wednesday, October 21, 2020: 11am-12pm PST
Wednesday, November 4, 2020: 11am-12pm PST
Matt Auerbach is a NYC based Solution Architect on the Amplify team at AWS. He educates developers about Amplify’s features and offerings, as well as oversees Amplify’s Open Source community. Matt enjoys using technology to solve problems and make people's lives easier. By night, however... well he does pretty much the same thing, but he needs to turn a light on or something. You can find Matt in Amplify’s Discord or building tutorials on GitHub. Previously, he worked in Developer Relations at Twitch, Optimizely and Twilio.
