☁️ Day 1 on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud w/Bryan Chasko

A Journey of Innovation, Leadership, and AWS Expertise

“One of the leading innovators in the world”

Background

  • Intro to ethical hacking and electronics via time in US Army Special Operations
  • Nature Lover from New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains
  • New York Institute of Photography Alumni
  • Top 5000 in EA’s Madden NFL three times as the New England Patriots
  • Cat Compadre named Buddy 🐱
  • 80’s Baby Born with acess to an MS-DOS Computer near Yuma Proving Grounds 💾
  • AWS Hero since 2008 known for Community and Spatial Computing

“Bryan Chasko’s journey with Amazon’s ecosystem has been nothing short of transformative, reflecting his deep understanding of AWS and its potential.”

Building a Journey with AWS

🛡️ Bryan Chasko’s journey with Amazon’s ecosystem began with fulfilling orders for professional security systems via early Amazon.com, and designing websites to make ancillary revenue via Amazon Associates, Amazon’s affiliate marketing program ads 🛒. These early experiences laid the groundwork for a profound understanding of Amazon Leadership Principles and its transformative potential to apply its flywheel to other industries outside of books.

With over 15 years of experience in AWS Cloud ☁️, Bryan has demonstrated knacks for enhancing data access, visualization, accessibility, and user experience (UX) 🔍. His work spans various fields, including game technology, media, motion capture laboratories, depth cameras, 3D pipelines, WebGL, and game engines 🎮. This broad exposure has enriched his technical toolkit and deepened his understanding of diverse technological landscapes.

“Bryan brings a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic vision. His contributions to our projects have been invaluable.”

Career Highlights and Contributions

“Use Technology to Hide Technology.” - Bryan Chasko

Innovating in Patient Care and Business

  • Revitalized broken infrastructure in a business overly reliant on VPNs and undocumented local servers, addressing 10 years of tech debt 🛠️.
  • Managed online marketing, SEO, and social analytics as a PR Executive, leading to skills in EC2 and VPC 🌐.
  • Improved reporting and logging of SOAP and RESTful API operations before integrating GraphQL schemas and event-driven architectures.
  • Improved access to caregiving technology for active healthcare patients and clinical businesses while engaging in Research & Development initiatives and capital raising cycles 📈.

Public and Private Sector Leadership

  • Enhanced student safety and technology infrastructure at a hometown school district, tackling critical cybersecurity challenges and restoring on-prem awareness over 16 campuses.

  • Developed satellite and mobile data pipelines for utilities and climate modeling, demonstrating proficiency leading the way for expertise in Amazon Kuiper Virtual Private Networking.

AWS Expertise and Recognitions

Spotlight Technologies and Services

  • Expertise in IoT, SageMaker Neo, Lambda, AR/VR, remote patient monitoring, and workplace safety 🔦
  • Experienced with serverless technologies since 2014 🚀
  • Proficient in edge communications since 2015 🌍
  • Skilled in AI and ambient user interfaces since 2017 🧠
  • Demonstrated security, compliance, and audit expertise across healthcare, defense, and private communications over mobile & satellite 📡

Comprehensive AWS Service Deployment

Over 100+ AWS services have been deployed by Bryan, including:

🚀 Amazon EC2 🛠️ AWS Lambda 📦 Amazon S3 🗄️ Amazon Glacier 🌐 Amazon VPC 📊 Amazon RDS 💨 Amazon ElastiCache 📈 Amazon DynamoDB 📉 Amazon Redshift 🌍 Amazon CloudFront 🔗 Amazon Route 53 📧 Amazon SES 🔄 AWS CodeCommit 🔨 AWS CodeBuild 🚧 AWS CodeDeploy 🔄 AWS CodePipeline 🛠️ AWS CloudFormation 🔍 AWS CloudTrail 🔑 AWS IAM 🔐 AWS KMS 🔍 Amazon ES 📊 Amazon Kinesis 🗣️ Amazon Lex 🗣️ Amazon Polly 🖼️ Amazon Rekognition 🧠 Amazon Machine Learning 📡 AWS IoT 🕶️ Amazon Sumerian 🔌 Amazon API Gateway 🔒 Amazon Cognito 📩 Amazon SQS 🔔 Amazon SNS 📞 Amazon Chime 🎮 Amazon Lumberyard 🎙️ Alexa Skills Kit 🌩️ Amazon Bedrock 🕵️ Amazon Comprehend 📞 Amazon Connect 🤖 Amazon DeepLens 🔌 Amazon Direct Connect 🗄️ Amazon EBS 📂 Amazon EFS 📊 Amazon EMR 🎛️ Amazon EventBridge 🛠️ Amazon Fargate 📁 Amazon FSx 🛡️ Amazon GuardDuty 📹 Amazon Kinesis Video Streams 🔑 Amazon KMS 🗣️ Amazon Lex 🔆 Amazon LightSail 🌍 Amazon Location Service 🔐 Amazon Macie 💉 Amazon Medical Comprehend 🎬 Amazon Nimble Studio 🗣️ Amazon Polly 🔢 Amazon Q Developer 📊 Amazon QuickSight 📈 Amazon RDS 📉 Amazon Redshift 💼 Amazon WorkSpaces 🛠️ Amazon X-Ray 📈 AWS Amplify 🛠️ AWS Amplify Studio 🔗 AWS AppSync 🕵️ AWS Audit Manager 🛠️ AWS Cloud Developer Kit (CDK) 🔐 AWS Certificate Manager 🤖 AWS Chatbot 💻 AWS CLI 💻 AWS Cloud9 🛠️ AWS CloudFormation 🔍 AWS CloudShell 🕵️ AWS CloudTrail 🔨 AWS CodeBuild 🔑 AWS CodeCommit 🚧 AWS CodeDeploy 🔄 AWS CodePipeline ⭐ AWS CodeStar 🛠️ AWS Control Tower 📊 AWS Data Pipeline 📱 AWS Device Farm 📦 AWS Elastic Beanstalk 🔄 AWS Glue ⚙️ AWS Graviton 🔐 AWS Identity Center 📦 AWS IoT 1-Click 📊 AWS IoT Core 📦 AWS IoT Greengrass 📊 AWS IoT SiteWise 🚀 AWS Lambda 🌍 AWS Local Zones 🔗 AWS Organizations 📹 AWS Panorama 🔑 AWS Secrets Manager 🔄 AWS Step Functions
📂 AWS Storage Gateway ⚙️ AWS Systems Manager 🛡️ AWS Trusted Advisor 🛡️ AWS WAF 🔐 AWS Wickr 📚 CloudScape Design System (CDS) 🔄 Elastic Load Balancing - AWS 🔢 Open 3D Engine - Linux Foundation

Represented AWS at Summits in NYC & Chicago 🏙️

  • Star at the Consumer Electronics Show 10 times and Game Developers Conference 2x 🎪
  • Delivered AWS Community presentations in Dublin, Boston, Portland, Manhattan, and San Francisco 🗺️

Leadership and Mentorship

Leadership grounded in servant leadership principles, focusing on supporting others and fostering their growth. By creating nurturing environments, Bryan is committed to inspiring motivation and productivity, leading to better organizational outcomes.

Personal Projects and Initiatives

  • Organized over 3 dozen meetups 📅
  • Founded AWS User Group RGC3 | NM+Borderplex for #AWSSelfTaught sessions 🌍
  • Leads Graphic Design Meetup Group NE3D | Boston 🎨

Technical Journey

Early Career and Military Training

Bryan’s technical journey began in a military context, with extensive training in electronics, mechanics, and hazardous materials. Instruction of National Guard units on setting up power for deployment to Afghanistan honed his skills in public speaking and training under high-pressure conditions. During university, managing greenhouses for a Walmart supplier enriched practical knowledge of industrial technology and automated systems.

“Bryan’s work exemplifies how technology can be harnessed to address pressing needs.”

Over a 15-Year Startup Journey

Transitioning from field sales to managing phone sales teams, international logistics, and overseeing technology transitions, key roles included developing intranet systems, managing warehouse operations, and guiding the shift from analog to IP-based systems. This continuous experience allowed for adaptation and leadership through various challenges.

Economic Downturn and Continued Growth

After the economic downturn led to the temporary closure of a security company reliant on big-box retail, Bryan returned to studies while contributing to a new healthcare startup. This grew to leading efforts in search engine marketing, web design, content creation, and public relations. Achievements included deploying hundreds of websites and securing media coverage across 16 US states.

Growing Comfortable with Big Stages

Bryan’s comfort with big stages and interviews, including with The Washington Post, CBS, and PCMag, was achieved through tackling significant infrastructure and technical debt issues, and collaborating with technology partners like Intel, Dell, Google, and AWS. This contributed to the company’s recognition as New Mexico’s only mid-cap value stock and a rising spot on Inc’s 1000 fastest-growing private firms.

“Bryan’s deep understanding of AWS and its applications is exceptional.”

Public Sector Experience

Improvement of student safety, technology infrastructure, and cybersecurity challenges at a hometown school district underscored Bryan’s leadership in fostering growth and success.

Telecom and Advanced Technologies

Recent work involved developing data pipelines for utilities and climate modeling for universities, showcasing proficiency with advanced technologies and private mobile/satellite/remote networking techniques. This experience demonstrates readiness to leverage cutting-edge solutions to drive future advancements.

“His vision and technical expertise ensure products are not only innovative but practical for real-world use”

Demonstrating a Strong Talent for Problem-Solving

Bryan’s career reflects a strong talent for problem-solving and innovation. Driven by collaboration and a commitment to servant leadership, he continuously strives to meet high standards and bring empathy to every interaction, eager to tackle new challenges with dedication and expertise.

Building Augmented-Reality Health Monitoring Using Amazon Cloud Technology

To help seniors “age in place,” Bryan utilized AWS technology to enhance patient care via augmented-reality health monitoring. This initiative integrates healthcare solutions to ensure seniors’ well-being while providing real-time monitoring and support and has grown into New Mexico’s only mid-cap value stock and a continual riser in Forbes’ top growing private firms..

“We want to keep people in their homes longer than previous generations.” - Bryan Chasko

Focus on Rural, Small Business, and Garage Inventors

Since 2020, Bryan has turned his attention towards the community leve and grassroots conversations about new opportunities to leverage cloud technology and ai. Bryan beleives AWS democratizes the playing field by giving everyone access to supercomputing and over 200 AWS tools. This enables small businesses to innovate and compete with the same resources as Amazon.com.

“Bryan’s efforts in organizing AWS meetups and fostering community engagement are a testament to his leadership and passion for technology.”