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.
Join AWS and partner experts for a hands-on Kiro Workshop in New York City. This full-day, in-person event is designed for Telco,Media & Entertainment, Games and Sports enterprise leaders exploring how agentic AI development tools can accelerate innovation. You'll experience live demos, guided labs, and collaborative sessions using Amazon Kiro — AWS's AI-powered IDE for building production-ready applications. Space is limited — register now to secure your seat.
This workshop is ideal for technology leaders, engineering managers, and development team leads who are evaluating or adopting AI-powered development tools. Attendees should have a technical background and interest in hands-on experience with agentic AI coding assistants. Decision-makers evaluating developer productivity platforms will also benefit.
Pre-Workshop Setup
This is a hands-on technical workshop — please bring your laptop with sufficient permission to install and modify software. Before arriving, please have the following installed:
- Kiro IDE — download from kiro.dev
- Node.js (v22+) — nodejs.org
- AWS CLI v2 — aws.amazon.com/cli
- AWS CDK — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/getting-started.html
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Jason Janetzke is the Media & Entertainment GenAI Leader at AWS, guiding enterprise customers on their AI and cloud transformation strategies. He has held senior leadership roles at Accenture and Teradata, with over 20 years of experience driving go-to-market strategy, revenue growth, and AI/analytics implementations across industry verticals. Jason holds an Executive MBA from the University of St. Thomas and has established himself as a thought leader in the industry through published articles and speaking engagements on advanced analytics and business intelligence.
Jason is a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS guiding enterprise customers on their cloud migration and modernization journeys. He has served in multiple engineering leadership roles and has over 20 years of experience architecting, designing and building scalable software solutions. Jason holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from the University of Central Oklahoma.
VP of Strategy at Metal Toad, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, where I help executive teams move from AI experimentation to production - agentic architecture, AI governance, and the operating model that keeps humans meaningfully in the loop. Chair of the A100 and Vice-Chair of the UofA Venture Mentoring Service. When not in a boardroom, you'll find me on a bike or with my nose in a book.
