26th November 2024 - 2pm GMT
Delivering Business Value via Cloud Transformation
A recent Gartner survey revealed a concerning statistic, fewer than half (48%) of digital initiatives meet or exceed their intended business outcomes.
This often stems from organisations failing to instil a sense of urgency, build a powerful guiding coalition, or anchor the changes within their corporate culture.
Regardless of size – whether a small or medium-sized business, a large corporation, or a government agency – successful digital transformation is a long-term journey that demands careful planning and execution. Leveraging scalability, innovative technologies, cost optimisations, extensive storage solutions, and robust security and compliance measures can help organisations gain a competitive edge through cloud transformation.
So, how can you harness cutting-edge digital initiatives to drive tangible business value and fuel transformative growth within your organisation? Join Amazon Web Services (AWS) as we explore the latest transformation and modernisation approaches. In this Digital Showcase, you'll gain insights from AWS experts, customers, and partners who are leveraging the AWS Cloud to identify value creation opportunities across their organisations to transform experiences for employees and customers.
Agenda
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Delivering Business Value via Cloud Transformation
David McGrath, Host, GDS Group
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Embracing the Cloud: MGroup Services' Roadmap to Data Innovation
Customer:Simon Higgins, Innovations Director, MGroup Services
Solutions Architect:
· John Oshodi, Enterprise Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
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Unlocking Business Value: Your Journey to Cloud Success with AWS
Help unlock significant business value through AWS Cloud. In this keynote, discover how AWS's suite of cloud products and services drives innovation, optimises costs, and accelerates digital transformation. Through compelling real-world examples from organisations, Richie will delve into crucial aspects of cloud adoption, including building a compelling business case, identifying growth opportunities, and maximising ROI through strategic implementation.
Speaker:
Richard Jones, Enterprise Technologist, Amazon Web Services
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How Cloud Services Drive Business Evolution
In this panel discussion, tech leaders will share their transformative journeys, shedding light on how cloud services have catalysed innovation, enhanced availability, and fostered agility within their organisations and across industries.
Panellists:
Adam Gogarty, Director & Chief Cloud Strategist, Deloitte
Flavien Boucher, Global Head of Datacentre & Cloud Services, International Workspaces Group
Tam Cummings, Cloud SME, PIB Group Insurance
Moderator:
Helena Yin Koeppl, Director of Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services
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David McGrath, Host, GDS Group
Focus Priorities
• Customer Experience transformation
• Generative AI CX
• Migration to the Cloud: culture and employee experience
• Modernisation
• IoT & connected devices
Discussion topics
Where are you on the journey to cloud, and what challenges have you overcome?
Which cloud-enabled innovations have delivered the most business benefits?
How do you prioritise which workloads to modernise first to deliver maximum business impact?
What are your key business priorities for 2025?
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Simon Higgins
Innovations Director, Morrison Water Services
Simon is the Director of Innovation at MGroup, a leading energy company driving the transition to a more sustainable future. Simon has played a pivotal role in spearheading innovative solutions to support the energy industry's shift towards Half Hourly settlement. As a visionary leader, Simon recognizes the immense potential of smart meter data in revolutionizing the energy sector. He has championed the use of advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to extract valuable customer insights and develop accurate demand forecasting models. These insights have enabled MGroup to optimize energy generation, distribution, and consumption, ultimately reducing carbon emissions and promoting energy efficiency.
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John Oshodi
Senior Enterprise Architect, AWS
John is a Senior Enterprise Architect at Amazon Web Services, serving as a technical advisor for numerous AWS enterprise customers embarking on their cloud adoption journey. His primary focus is ensuring customers establish robust AWS foundations that foster innovation, growth, and accelerate their cloud journey, ultimately unlocking business value. John's area of expertise lies in data and analytics, where he leverages his deep knowledge to guide customers in leveraging AWS services and best practices for data-driven decision-making and insights. -
Richard Jones
Enterprise Technologist, AWS
Richard is Principal Enterprise Technologist at Amazon Web Services, collaborating with a global team dedicated to empowering customers. Together, they define cutting-edge technology strategies, share best practices, and explore innovative approaches to accelerate speed and agility. By leveraging the cloud, Richard and his team enable clients to drive innovation, establish new operating models, and pivot their focus towards delivering exceptional customer experiences. -
Helena Yin Koeppl
Director of Enterprise Strategy, AWS
Helena is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience spearheading global digital transformations and pioneering data and AI innovations across prominent Fortune 500 companies. In her current role at AWS, Helena leverages her extensive expertise to advise C-suite executives from AWS's most strategic customers on their cloud transformation journey. Drawing on her diverse experiences across different industries, she provides guidance on business, technology, and organisational strategy to enhance productivity and drive innovation and growth.
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Adam Gogarty
Director & Chief Cloud Strategist, Deloitte
Adam is the Chief Cloud Strategist for Deloitte UK with a focus over the past decade on Cloud Strategy, Business Cases, Migration & Modernisation, Operating Model, Cloud & Developer Platforms, FinOps and Transformation Management. He lead teams of 100+ energetic, insightful and purposeful strategists, architects, engineers, advisors and delivery managers in multi-year, high investment and strategically important programmes. Frequently this involves £100m+ contracts with multi-disciplinary teams leveraging an ecosystem of client, vendor and partners.
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Flavien Boucher
Global Head of Datacentre & Cloud Services, IWG
Flavien is a visionary, change-driven executive IT strategist with more than 20 years of experience building, transforming and leading global IT operations across multiple industries. He is adept at directing robust and efficient projects/programs, inclusive of infrastructure projects and application development. He serves as a mentor, motivating high-performance teams in fast-paced, rapidly evolving environments, reducing risk exposure promoting change and maximizing profitability.
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Tam Cummings
Cloud SME, PIB Group Insurance
Tam is a Cloud Engineer with three years of experience in designing and optimising cloud infrastructure at PIB Group. Tam has coordinated enterprise level initiatives to migrate traditional IT environments to AWS, enhancing scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. With a focus on leveraging cloud technology to solve real-world challenges, Tam helps PIB Group to improve optimisation and stay resilient. Tam is looking forward to sharing insights and experiences with the AWS forum, helping others explore the opportunities of cloud transformation.
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