Community - amazonwebshark

Besides speaking, I also get involved in the wider AWS and tech community. This page shows things I’ve contributed to, led or been featured in.

2026

2025-06-24: Leader @ AWS User Group Lancashire

Led the June 2026 AWS User Group Lancashire meetup at The Old Milk Depot in Rawtenstall, Rossendale.

2026-06-23: Lecture @ Ada Manchester

Performing a Python data analysis of NYC Taxi data for Ada Manchester‘s latest data pathway cohort, using my 2026_Ada_DataAnalysis repo.

Presented a Building Systems With AWS session for Ada students at Sheffield’s HSBC office.

2025-06-04: Panellist @ AWS Community Summit Birmingham (Student Track)

Panellist on the AWS Community Summit Birmingham Student Track, answering questions from various Midland UK university students studying technology.

LinkedIn Post (Echo Pan)

2025-05-22: Renewed @ AWS Community Builders Program (Data Category)

AWS renewed my membership in the AWS Community Builders program.

Community Builder profile

2026-05-22: Interview @ Decode The Desk Podcast

Appeared on AWS Community Builder Shubham Gour’s Decode The Desk tech podcast.

Community Superhero in AWS Hero Allen Helton‘s Ready, Set, Cloud! Newsletter.

2026-04-28: Panellist @ Preston Tech Connection

Guest speaker at Preston Tech Connection‘s Vibe Coding, Who Owns The Code If No-One Wrote The Code? event at Society1, Preston.

2026-04-23: Leader @ AWS User Group Lancashire

Led the April 2026 AWS User Group Lancashire meetup at Blackburn College in Blackburn.

2026-04-20: Panellist @ LogiCast AWS News Postcast

Joined Logicata’s Karl Robinson & Jon Goodall on their LogiCast podcast to discuss topics including Amazon Interconnect, Kiro-supported data migrations and Amazon’s Project Houdini.

Wrote for Ask The Expert in AWS Hero Lee Gilmore‘s Serverless Advocate newsletter.

2026-01-22: Lecture @ Ada Manchester

Performing a Python data analysis of NYC Taxi data for Ada Manchester‘s latest data pathway cohort, using my 2026_Ada_DataAnalysis repo.

2025

2025-11-26: Leader @ AWS User Group Lancashire

Led the November 2025 AWS User Group Lancashire meetup at Kings Court Business Centre in Leyland.

2025-07-22: Lecture @ Ada Manchester

Talking about implementing a real-world web app using AWS services and IaC for Ada Manchester‘s Intro to Cloud Computing module for the year one digital technology degree apprentices from PwC UK, FDM Group and Bank of America.

LinkedIn Post (Steve Rich)

Mention of my Simplified Data Workflows With AWS Step Functions Variables post in AWS Serverless Hero Jones Zachariah Noel N‘s The Serverless Terminal newsletter.

Mention of my Python Data Validation And Observability As Code With Pydantic post in AWS Principal Developer Advocate Ricardo Sueiras‘ AWS Open Source newsletter.

Mention of my Simplified Data Workflows With AWS Step Functions Variables post in AWS Hero Lee Gilmore‘s Serverless Advocate newsletter.

Mention of my Low-Code S3 Key Validation With AWS Step Functions & JSONata post in AWS Hero Lee Gilmore‘s Serverless Advocate newsletter.

2025-05-22: Leader @ AWS User Group Lancashire

Led the May 2025 AWS User Group Lancashire meetup at Strawberry Fields Digital Hub in Chorley.

Mention of my Low-Code S3 Key Validation With AWS Step Functions & JSONata post in AWS Hero Allen Helton‘s Ready, Set, Cloud! Newsletter.

2025-04-30: Panellist @ LogiCast AWS News Postcast

Joined Logicata’s Karl Robinson & Jon Goodall on their LogiCast podcast to discuss topics including Prepaid AWS, Prompt Optimisation and Gamified Learning.