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.
Presented by Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Imagine for Nonprofits brings together mission-driven leaders, technologists, and changemakers dedicated to advancing social and environmental impact. This in-person event combines thought leadership talks, interactive sessions, and networking opportunities focused on helping nonprofits increase their impact through technology. Join us to learn more about how the purposeful application of technology can accelerate positive change and inspire action to benefit communities worldwide.
Navigating the future
Learn how to cultivate a data-first mindset among your team, establish a robust cloud strategy, and implement responsible AI frameworks to amplify your nonprofit's mission in the digital era. Hear insights from nonprofit leaders who are embracing technology transformation, tackling the challenge of change, and driving innovation within local and global communities.
Enhancing your capacity
Explore how a strong data foundation will empower your nonprofit to harness advanced technologies like generative AI. Discover how this groundwork enables you to leverage more advanced capabilities such as generative AI to increase productivity and unlock data-driven insights to accelerate innovation.
Broadening your impact
Connect with peers, partners, and AWS experts to explore cloud solutions for nonprofits of all sizes and mission areas. Whether you're brand new to the cloud or ready to take the next big step, AWS has nonprofit programs for organizations at all stages of their cloud journey, including AWS Imagine Grant and the global Nonprofit Credits Program that provide funding and capacity-enhancing resources.
Nonprofits of all sizes and mission areas are creating high-value solutions and redesigning operating models that disrupt current systems, paving the way for greater impact through the purposeful adoption of cloud technology. Hear from organizations that are delivering on their missions with greater speed, savings, and precision using tools like generative AI to bring positive change to communities around the world.
Speaker(s):
Leanne Hurrell, Head of Regional Public Sector, AWS
Jeff Kratz, Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector NonProfit & International Industry Sales, AWS
Ray Cross, Director of ICT, Science Museum Group
Chris White, CEO, Vision Ireland
Sean Doran, CTO, Vision Ireland
A strong data foundation and secure technology environment is the backbone of long-term organisational stability, innovation, and growth. You will learn from peer organisations on how they aligned around a shared strategy and visions, siezed opportunities at key inflection points, overcame challenges, and ultimately, designed solutions that work. AWS experts will also share how cloud services are evolving and what that means for your mission.
Cloud Foundations: Transforming Nonprofit Impact
Vineet Bhalla, CTO, Cancer Research UK
Dominic Delmolino, VP WWPS Technology, AWS
From Big Ideas to Big Impact: Success Stories from AWS Imagine Grant Winners
Rebekah Lisgarten , CEO, STOP THE TRAFFIK
Dr Mark Ungless, Director of Data Science, Al and Research, Mental Health Innovations
Dr. Lawrence Ball, Monitoring and Evidence Manager, Kent Wildlife Trust
Leanne Hurrell, Head of Regional Public Sector, AWS
Organisations are uncovering increasingly impactful ways to engage with stakeholders, inspire supporters, and deliver for beneficiaries in the cloud. You will hear from diverse perspectives, as they highlight the approaches they've taken to forge critical connections, introduce new levels of scale and equity into their programs, and raise the bar on what it means to be operationally effective.
Smart Learning, Smarter Testing: Inside British Council's Generative AI Chatbot
Matt Wilson, AI Tech Lead, British Council
Real-world perspectives on responsible AI
Matt Wilson, AI Tech Lead, British Council
Amit Vij, Director of Product Engineering, Which?
Siobhan Durcan, Lead AI governance, strategy, and enterprise-wide transformation, Citizens Advice
Sasha Rubel, Head of AI/Generative AI Policy, EMEA, AWS
Answering the Call: Samaritans' Mission to Support 10,000 People Daily with Amazon Connect
Graham Danton, Executive Director of Corporate Services, Samaritans
Dave Mason, Technical Director, Incline IT
We've all heard the adage, "If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together." The challenges nonprofits are focused on addressing can be complex, and appropriate funding, expertise, and support are required to deliver durable results. Discover how nonprofit organisations collaborate with various Amazon teams to amplify their social impact. Learn from real-world examples of successful partnerships between nonprofits and Amazon's diverse divisions, including Amazon Retail and Social Responsibility & Impact teams. Discover how to foster a culture of innovation through an immersive experience with the Amazon Working Backwards process, where you'll tackle a real-world challenge and ideate solutions that prioritise community impact.
The Power of Partnership: Nonprofit Engagement Journey with #OneAmazon
Peter Ward, Head of Corporate Partnerships, Natural History Museum
Rachael Conroy, Head of Partnership Development – UK & Europe, Movember
Lisa Felton, Director, Vodafone Foundation
Corin Ashwell, Principal Engineer, Comic Relief
Eugenie Teasley, Head of Impact, Amazon Retail
Mission-driven innovation: Applying Amazon's culture of innovation method for nonprofit impact
Leanne Hurrell, Head of Regional Public Sector, AWS
