I build things.

Speaker Bio

Mike has founded, scaled and grown companies in the tech, sports, and the media & entertainment spaces. He currently enjoys working on the Startup Team at AWS, and is focused on helping startups live their best cloud life.

Upcoming Events and Speaking Engagements

AWS Security: The Well Architected Way
Founder Fuel
Online
Apr 29th, 2021

Customer Driven Development
Collision Conference
http://collisionconf.com/
Apr 20th, 2021

Recent Events and Speaking Engagements

AWS AI and Machine Learning for Startups
Techathon Thursday: 150 Startups
Online
Mar 25th, 2021

Build Mobile and Web Apps with the new AWS Amplify Admin
Techathon Thursday: 150 Startups
Online
Mar 11th, 2021

AWS Foundations for Startups
Bow Valley College
Online
Feb 25th, 2021

Launch Your Tech Idea or Career
Bow Valley College
Online
Feb 12th, 2021

Serverless Community Lightning Talks
Serverless Toronto
https://www.meetup.com/Serverless-Toronto/events/273716629/
Toronto, ON
Feb 8th, 2021

Serverless ML Inference
MaRS
Toronto, ON
Jan 28th, 2021

Customer Driven Development
Founder Institute
Online
Dec 1st, 2020

AWS Security: The Well Architected Way
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst
Online
Nov 27th, 2020

Security GameDay Canada
AWS Startups
Online
Nov 20th, 2020

Invest Ottawa CTO Peer Group
Invest Ottawa
Online
Nov 19th, 2020

Loop Insights Webinar
https://vimeo.com/473626603
Online
Oct 29th, 2020

Customer Driven Development
Startup Grind
https://www.startupgrind.com
Online
Oct 15th, 2020

Modern Application Development
Rackspace Virtual Event Series
Online
Sept 22nd, 2020

Customer Driven Development
TechDay Founders Summit
https://techdayhq.com/new-york/founders-summit
Online
Aug 14th, 2020

Startup Mentor Meetings
Collision Conference From Home 2020
https://www.collisionconf.com/
Online
May 20th - 23rd, 2020

Startup Loft
AWS US/Canada Summit 2020
https://www.collisionconf.com/
Online
May 13th, 2020

Infrastructure as Code (AWS Cloud Development Kit)
Invest Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Apr 15th, 2020

Strategies for Optimizing Cloud Spend to Extend Runway
Webinar
Online
Apr 1st, 2020

Direct Marketing w/ Amazon SageMaker XGBoost
Invest Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Feb 13th, 2020

Ivey and Queen’s Fintech TradeShow
Toronto, ON
Feb 7th, 2020

AWS Security: The Well Architected Way
OneEleven
Toronto, ON
Feb 5th, 2020

AWS Startup Developer Day
https://atlantastartupdeveloperday.splashthat.com/
Atlanta, GA
Jan 30th, 2020

Amazon Sumerian: Using a Host and Speech Components
StarterHacks
https://starterhacks.ca/
Waterloo, ON
Jan 18th, 2020

Amazon Sumerian: Using a Host and Speech Components
Hack The Hammer II
https://hackthehammer.com/
Hamilton, ON
Dec 14th, 2019

Before you Build: Customer Driven Development
AWS Startup Day
https://pages.awscloud.com/2019OnlineAWSStartupDay_page-registration.html
Online
Dec 11th, 2019

Testing Mobile Applications on Real Devices with AWS Device Farm
re:Invent 2019
https://reinvent.awsevents.com/
Las Vegas, NV
Dec 2nd-6th, 2019

Machine Learning & AI is Changing the World
AWS Fredericton User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Solution-Architect-Toronto-User-Group/events/263288065/
Fredericton, NS
Nov 14th, 2019

Machine Learning & AI is Changing the World
AWS Halifax User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Atlantic-Canada-AWS-User-Group/events/266411420/
Halifax, NS
Nov 13th, 2019

Serverless Meets AI/ML
AWS Toronto User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Solution-Architect-Toronto-User-Group/events/263288065/
Toronto, ON
Oct 30th, 2019

Serverless Meets AI/ML
AWS Calgary User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Calgary-AWS-User-Group/events/265506057/
Calgary, AB
Oct 22th, 2019

Startup Central: Lightning Talks
AWS Toronto Summit 2019
https://aws.amazon.com/events/summits/toronto/
Toronto, ON
Oct 2nd, 2019

Customer Development: The Learn-Build-Learn Cycle
StartupSlam 2019
https://www.startupslam.io/
Victoria, BC
Sept 28th, 2019

Serverless Meets AI/ML AWS Vancouver User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Amazon-Web-Services-User-Group/events/264724596/ Vancouver, BC
Sep 24th, 2019

Serverless Architectural Patterns & Best Practices
Serverless Toronto
https://www.meetup.com/Serverless-Toronto/events/260711159/
Toronto, ON
Sept 12th, 2019

Lunch and Learn: Adding Intelligence to Applications
DevHub
https://www.devhub.ca/
Toronto, ON
Aug 27th, 2019

HackTheSix: Hackathon
https://hackthe6ix.com
Toronto, ON
Aug 23rd-25th, 2019

Interviewing for Tech Roles
LightHouse Labs
https://www.lighthouselabs.ca/toronto
Toronto, ON
Aug 23rd, 2019

Modern Service Discovery: Istio vs App Mesh vs Cloud Map
Solution Architect Toronto User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Solution-Architect-Toronto-User-Group/events/263288065/
Toronto, ON
Aug 9th, 2019

Getting the Most Out of AWS as a Startup
L-Spark
Ottawa, ON
Jul 31st, 2019

Lunch and Learn: Adding Intelligence to Applications
HackRegina
Regina, SK
Jul 24th, 2019

Technology Industry Speaker Series
QYEA
Toronto, ON
Jun 12th, 2019

Collision Conference 2019
https://www.collisionconf.com/
Toronto, ON
May 20th - 23rd, 2019

AWS Cloud Development Kit - Infrastructure as Code (not YAML!)
Toronto AWS User Group
https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-AWS-Users-United/events/259795555/
Toronto, ON
Apr 25th, 2019

Serverless databases for your Serverless App
Driving Business Agilty with AWS Serverless
https://pages.awscloud.com/event_NAMER_Business-Agility-for-Serverless-Toronto-April24.html
Toronto, ON
Apr 24th, 2019

Serverless intelligence - the fastest path to smart applications
Driving Business Agilty with AWS Serverless
https://pages.awscloud.com/event_NAMER_Business-Agility-for-Serverless-Toronto-April24.html
Toronto, ON
Apr 24th, 2019

Serverless, Startups & AWS
Serverless Toronto
https://www.meetup.com/Serverless-Toronto/events/259565019/
Toronto, ON
April 18th, 2019

Reinforcement Learning with Amazon SageMaker RL
Battlesnake Expert Meetup
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/battlesnake-expert-meetup-tickets-53759100918
Victoria, BC
February 20th, 2019

[hackville]
Sheridan College
https://hackville.io/
Oakville, ON
February 8th - 9th, 2019