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 and a $2.7B valuation. Before Oscar, Mackenzie was one the original engineers at Tumblr where he helped scale the infrastructure to 20B page views a month eventually selling to Yahoo! for $1.1B. He’s worked in a diversified set of industries including global media (MTV/Viacom), global Shipping (DHL), and more. He also holds numerous advisory roles at companies providing technical and business guidance around the world.
AWS would like to support Startups in Europe seeking to build their prototype using the latest cloud technologies and to validate their business model. During this 8 week virtual mentorship program, startups will receive technical and business mentorship from AWS and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Success on the program is for startups to build a working prototype using space technologies such as Satellite Earth Observation, Satellite Communication, Satellite Navigation, human space flight technology and space weather, together with AI:
The ESA Business Applications AI kick-start call, which will open in May 2019, will provide an opportunity for zero equity funding to develop further your idea.
During the AI Challenge you can expect:
- Dive deep into your idea & business model
- Obtain technical support from AWS Solutions Architects
- Obtain AWS Promotional Credits to support your first prototype
Join us on March 5th for the kickoff session virtual
We are looking for entrepreneurs, new startups or established companies looking to obtain support in the business and technical definition.
Any company from any of the participant countries under the ESA Business Applications Kickstart programme criteria is welcome to join the program. These countries are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
The AWS team will support you in the definition of the idea, customer segmentation, technology roadmap and insights needed for you to succeed.
At the end of the 8 week program, you should have a clearly defined customer segment, a working prototype and have reviewed all the conditions of the Kick-start call.
AWS does not guarantee funding from ESA Business Applications. The objective of this program is to help startups have a clearly defined business model and technology MVP ready for the independent application to the ESA Business Applications Kick-start call.
https://chime.aws/aws-j16z-meeting
Meeting PIN: 4383 49 7132
You can use your computer’s microphone and speakers, however, a headset is recommended.
Or, call in using your phone:
International: https://chime.aws/dialinnumbers/
However, we recommend for you to connect with your computer as we will be sharing some content & video.
We look forward to see you tomorrow!