Amazon Web Services User Group

Building the next generation of AWS professionals and promoting excellence in the development of AWS solutions

Welcome to the,

AWS Aotearoa User Group

We are here to:

Build the next generation of AWS professionals

Be inclusive of everyone

Help career progression and job matchmaking

Promote excellence in the development of AWS solutions

Whether you’re an AWS beginner or a seasoned pro, we’re here to help you on your AWS journey.
We have in-person meet-ups in Wellington and Christchurch including workshops such as AWS Game Days. We also host virtual meet-ups.

Please follow our Meet Up and LinkedIn pages for details about upcoming events.

Kia ora e hoa,

Nō Aotearoa ake tēnei hapori-ā-kaiwhakamahi o AWS

Nau mai ki te hapori-ā-kaiwhakamahi o AWS
Kei konei mātau ki te:

whina i te reanga hōu o AWS

Whakakotahi i a tātau

Tautoko i te huarahi mahi me te kimi mahi

Whakapakari ake i te angitūtanga o ngā mahi a AWS

Ahakoa he tauhou koe ki AWS, he mātanga rānei, kei konei mātau ki te tautoko i ō wheako i runga o
AWS. Ka whakahaere hui-ā-kanohi mātau ki Pōneke me Otautahi, pēnei i ngā wānanga me ngā “Rā Kēmu – “AWS Game Days”. Ka whakahaere hui-ā-tuihono hoki mātau.

Mō te roanga atu o ngā whakamārama me ngā pānui o AWS, tirohia ā mātau whārangi “LinkedIn”
me “Meet Up”.

2024 was sold out!

AWS Community Day Aotearoa is an annual one-day, user-run single-day AWS technical conference that is planned, organized, and delivered by the AWS user group community leaders (much like a “Meetup of Meetups”). The goal of the Community Day is to facilitate the exchange of information amongst the AWS user community. The presentations are all given by speakers who are fellow AWS users sharing knowledge with their peers. This year’s event will be the second annual Community Day Aotearoa that will take place at Takina in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Our Committee

President

Seb Krueger, Chubb

Slack: @Seb Krueger

Vice President + Auckland Tools and Programming Lead

Geethika Guruge, CMD Solutions

Slack: @Geethika

Secretary + Social Media Lead + Wellington Lead

Ramaswamy Arunachalam (Ram),  Datacom

Slack: @Ram

Treasurer + Wellington Lead

Arshad Zackeriya (Zack),

Xero

Slack: @Zack

Member – Website Lead

Terence White, Clearpoint

Slack: @Terence White (ClearPoint)

Member + Wellington Lead

Gleidson Nascimento, GN Consulting

Slack: @Gleidson Nascimento

Member

Daniel Surendran, AWS

Slack: @Dan

Member

Jacob Ong, MBIE

Slack: @

Member

Mark Goatley,  Deloitte

Slack: @Mark Goatley

Member – AKL Uni Lead

Kobe Xu,

Deloitte

Slack: @Kobe Xu

Member – Auckland Lead

Riaan de Klerk,       AC3

Slack: @Riaan

Member – Christchurch Lead

Yoan Tresfield,      InIT Solutions

Slack: @Yoan Tresfield

Member – Swag

Lilupa Karu,          ACS

Slack: @Lilupa Karu

Member

Tom Cully,      BlackRaven

Slack: @Tom Cully

Member

Keith Archibald,

AWS

Slack: @keithazonian

Member – Auckland Tools and Programming Lead

Barbora Klusackova, Volition

Slack: @Barbora

Member – Northland Lead

Dylan Mama,

CyberCX

Slack: @Dylan Mama

Member – Auckland Lead

Niamh Mailey,          AC3

Slack: @Niamh

Member

Hrishi Hiremath, BNZ

Slack: @Hrishi

Member

Alice Jowsey,

Deloitte

Slack: @Alice Jowsey

Member

Dinesh Sharma, Datacom

Slack: @Dinesh Sharma

Member

Charlie Hunter, Init Solutions

Slack: @Charlie Hunter

Member

Chamila de Alwis, Spark

Slack: @Chamila

Member

Darshit Pandya, Serko

Slack: @Darshit Pandya

Special thanks to our Sponsors!

What do we do?

Monthly meetups with community presentations, workshops and partner talks.

Fostered across social media websites and public slack communities.

Some meetups are uploaded to YouTube.

Meetups in Wellington, Christchurch, Northland and three in Auckland.

How are we organised?

Run by a committee made of community members, AWS Partners, and AWS customers

Registered as charity organisation under the “Advancement of Education” criterion

Bi-weekly meetings for running the meetups and managing the organisation.

Our Constitution

Our Regulations

Our Code of Conduct