On this episode hear about the journey of Utopus Insights and learn how they harness the power of IoT and the cloud to optimize secure wind turbine operations.

What role does the cloud play in emerging retail markets like Egypt, where more than a million mom-and-pop shops sell 90% of groceries?

On this episode, we showcase the journey of Cairo-based MaxAB, and their use of Machine Learning and cloud technology to optimize supply chains in the thriving retail markets for North Africa and the Middle East.

Host Sara Armstrong speaks with Belal EL-Megharbel (CEO at MaxAB), Amr Faisal (CTO at MaxAB), and Ahmed Bahey (Head of Data, MaxAB) along with Mohamed Ali Jamaoui (Sr. ML Prototyping Architect). Hear about MaxAB’s work with the AWS Prototyping team to build an elastic, reliable and scalable, cloud-based system for data scientists to collaborate and run machine learning models for inventory demand forecasting.Learn how Amazon SageMaker's latest features were used to develop the forecasting engine and to unlock e-commerce applications such as product recommendations.

Discover more Innovation Ambassadors episodes on AWS, Spotify, or your favorite streaming service.

What role does the cloud play in improving human well-being? On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we showcase the journey of PeaceLove, a company that aims to create a more mentally healthy world by using creativity and expression.

Host Sara Armstrong (Sr. Manager for Worldwide Prototyping, AWS) interviews Matt Kaplan (CEO of PeaceLove) and Eric Rice (Creative Director, PeaceLove) along with Shirley Davila (Technical Program Manager, AWS) and Sanju Sunny (Sr. Design Technologist, AWS). Explore how the team used Amazon's Working Backwards process to rapidly envision and build a cloud-based game prototype, with the goal of improving emotional and mental wellness for millions of people.

We discuss the personas and key decisions that guided the game’s design and development, as well as its underlying serverless architecture built on AWS Amplify.

Discover more Innovation Ambassadors episodes on AWS, Spotify, or your favorite streaming service.

How are cloud-based systems helping clinicians deliver personalized care to patients?

On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we’re showcasing the prototyping journey of University of California, San Diego, and their use of cloud technology in the clinical decision support systems to improve outcomes for patients with acute kidney injury.

Host Sara Armstrong (Sr. Manager for Worldwide Prototyping, AWS) interviews Dr. Ravindra Mehta (Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego), and Eduard Sama Casanovas (Sr. Product Manager, AWS) to learn about the prototype that used pre-trained health Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to detect disease onset, and help clinicians anticipate treatments and patient health outcomes.You’ll hear about the AWS services used in the underlying API driven serverless architecture and the major considerations in the prototype's development.

Discover more Innovation Ambassadors episodes on AWS, Spotify, or your favorite streaming service.

How does the cloud speed up the design and deployment of robots? On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we feature the prototyping journey of ST Engineering.

This Singapore-based company is combining the power of robot fleets with cloud technology to create real-world innovative solutions in aerospace, smart cities, and public security. Beyond these sectors, this exploration also has important applications in security and hospitality.

Host Sara Armstrong speaks with David Yeo (Head of Solutions Business Development at ST Engineering) and Max Kenny, (Sr. Product Manager at AWS) about ST Engineering's work with AWS Envision Engineering Prototyping team to build a secure, scalable, and configurable cloud-based control system for their fleet of robots. You'll hear how the system was architected using AWS IoT Greengrass and Amazon Kinesis, as well as the process for testing robots in simulated and real-life settings.

What role does cloud computing play in shaping the future of e-commerce? In this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we explore the journey of VTEX, a digital commerce platform that has revolutionized how brands and retailers reach the market and grow their online business.

Host Sara Armstrong discusses VTEX’s work with the AWS prototyping team in Brazil in this podcast. Hear from Paulo Monçores (Director of Software Engineering at VTEX), Igor Tavares (Principal Data Engineer at VTEX) and Rafael Martins (Sr. Technical Program Manager from AWS) about a new Business Health Monitoring platform that provides e-commerce merchants with actionable insights, and the challenges involved with building this prototype.

We will also dive into the underpinning cloud architecture and different technologies involved in bringing this Business Health Monitoring platform from prototype to market.

Discover more Innovation Ambassadors episodes on AWS, Spotify, or your favorite streaming service.

How can cloud technology help with flood prediction and play a role in helping save lives in times of emergency?

On this episode of Innovation Ambassadors, we take a close look at the journey of FloodMapp, an Australian tech company that specializes in real-time flood prediction and inundation mapping.

Our Host Sara Armstrong, Ryan Prosser, Co-Founder and CTO of FloodMapp, and Jonathan Gurfinkel, Sr. Prototyping Engineer at AWS discuss the science of flood prediction and the challenges it presents. You'll hear about the prototyping journey to build rapid experimentation platforms for the machine learning model. Go behind the scenes to see how the process is evolving to help predict emergencies and deliver early warning to reduce damage, loss of life, and financial devastation.

Discover more Innovation Ambassadors episodes on AWS, Spotify, or your favorite streaming service.

What role does the cloud play in research to improve personalized medicine? Machine learning meets impactful medicine, as we showcase the journey of Bristol Myers Squibb, one of the world’s largest bio-pharmaceutical companies.

In this episode, host Sara Armstrong, speaks with Goce Bogdanoski (Associate Director, IT for Research and Early Development at BMS), Franklin Bettencourt (Lead of BMS’ Rapid Digital Solutions R&D team) and Stephen Curtis (Senior Prototyping Architect, AWS). They discuss how BMS and the AWS prototyping team developed a low-code, scalable, and composable solution that enabled scientists to compute massive data points using machine learning algorithms.

Hear about medical innovation in the making, and explore how analytics and 3D visualization techniques are advancing the application of single-cell technologies, both in drug development and clinical diagnosis.

Game on! This episode of Innovation Ambassadors showcases the journey of Light & Wonder, a global gaming company committed to creating a seamless player experience across all platforms and leveraging cloud technology to deliver this. Go behind the scenes of their collaboration with AWS’s Envision Engineering Prototype team to harness IoT services, asset tracking, and predictive maintenance to provide operators with unique insights into their games and speed up play.

Host Sara Armstrong (Sr. Manager for Worldwide Prototyping) is joined by Ramin Firoozye (Sr Prototyping Architect, Envision Engineering) from AWS; Matt Lucchetti (Director of Product Management for Card Shufflers) and Rob McPeak (Software Engineering Manager for Card Shufflers) of Light & Wonder.

Listen in on their talk, focusing on the design and technology of a connected device that automatically requests maintenance, provides exact location data, and collects usage insights applied to future products. Learn about a system that works directly with AWS IoT and Greengrass and uses advanced analytics to detect usage patterns, along with a modern array of wireless technologies, including LoRa, Wi-Fi, and UltraWide Band.

**PRA Health Sciences has been acquired by ICON since the recording of this podcast.

What is cloud technology's role in helping a Global Contract Research Organization (CRO) to expand the accessibility of clinical trials? How does it help accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life?

In this episode, host Sara Armstrong (Sr. Manager of Worldwide Prototyping) and Angela Lindstrom (Principal Technical Program Manager) from AWS speak with Dr. Isaac Rodriguez-Chavez (Sr. VP for Scientific and Clinical Affairs & Head of the Global Center of Excellence Strategy for Decentralized Clinical Trials) and Lane Nichols (Exec Director of Product Management Connected Health) from ICON, to discuss the prototype that integrated ICON's connected health system with Amazon Lex, and Amazon Connect.

Learn how ICON and AWS Prototyping collaborated to meet the expectations of a new generation of clinical investigations in this behind-the-scenes look at the art of the possible. This episode's guests share how study participants recorded their experiences using voice interactions and the challenges they faced in analyzing these interactions to extract usable information.