Beyond the Fridge – The world of connected data; an Amazon Perspective

Glenn Gore, Head of Architecture APAC, Amazon Web Services provided the Day 2 Opening Keynote Presentation on, “Beyond the Fridge – The world of connected data” at the 3rd Annual CIO Leaders Summit Singapore.

What will the world look like when everything is connected, adding more than 50 billion devices to the Internet and generating more data than we ever have before. How do we use big data analytics to move from observations through to models and fact driven decisions? During this presentation, Glenn shared real-world innovations that are already leveraging the Internet of Things to change simple everyday activities; drawing from his experience in his role at Amazon Web Services. 

Glenn Gore, Head of Architecture APAC, Amazon Web Services. As the head of Architecture for Amazon Web Services, Glenn is responsible for managing a regional team, creating architectural best practices and working with customers on how they use the cloud for business transformation. In this role, Glenn oversees architectural best practices across APAC, regional input into the AWS roadmap and supporting customers that are making strategic investments with AWS

Glenn is a hands on technologist with more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining AWS, Glenn was the CTO of WebCentral where he worked on highly scalable web platforms and big-data systems for customers. He also held roles at Ozemail and UUNET the world’s largest network provider.

Glenn has worked in engineering, R&D and technology leadership roles working with customers such as Facebook, Twitter, NASA and working on projects such as the Hadron super collider, interplanetary networking and large scale distributed systems. Glenn is passionate about his customers and about technology and how it is changing how we live and work.