About
As AWS cloud environments grow more complex, organizations need to find better ways to manage their infrastructure and deploy applications efficiently. This webinar will explore how automation can eliminate mundane, repetitive tasks, enforce AWS best practices, and bring consistency to DevOps workflows. By automating key parts of the development and deployment lifecycle, teams can spend less time troubleshooting and more time creating solutions that drive business growth.

Attendees will learn practical strategies for standardizing infrastructure provisioning, streamlining CI/CD pipelines, and applying guardrails that support well-architected AWS solutions. The session will highlight how automation helps teams scale confidently, improve operational reliability, and accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality or control.
When
Thursday, June 5, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)
Presenters
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Ryan Comingdeer
CEO - Platformr
Ryan Comingdeer is a seasoned CEO, CTO, and advisor with over 25 years of experience driving cloud innovation and DevOps excellence. As a trusted AWS thought leader, he has guided thousands of organizations—from startups to enterprises—through cloud migrations, application modernization, and complex DevOps implementations. His expertise spans cloud architecture, DevOps, security, AI, data & analytics, cloud governance, and digital transformation. Ryan is currently the CEO of Platformr, a cloud management platform that automates AWS infrastructure, best practices, and the deployment of scalable, well-architected workloads.
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Mitch Ashley
VP and Practice Lead, DevOps and AppDev - The Futurum Group
Mitch Ashley is VP and Practice Lead of DevOps and Application Development for The Futurum Group. Mitch has over 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, industry analyst, product development, and IT leader, with deep expertise in software engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud, and AI. An in-demand CTO, CIO, engineering, and DevOps leader, Mitch has the pulse on the latest in software engineering, including the AI's impact in development, testing and security, cloud-native architecture, application and software supply chain security, platform engineering, ITOps, SecOps, AIOps, and DataOps. In his career, Mitch has brought to market multiple industry-impacting software-based products, including cybersecurity products, SaaS applications, Internet services, large telecommunications and financial applications, mobile applications, managed PKI services, and broadband networks. At Futurum, Mitch advises and guides leaders in delivering contemporary and next-generation software and security strategies critical to their business strategies.
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Dean Bryda
WW Application Modernization Partner GTM Specialist - Amazon Web Services
As a Worldwide Application Modernization Partner Specialist at AWS, Dean brings over two and a half decades of transformative technology experience to help organizations navigate their cloud journey. In his current role, he serves as a crucial bridge between AWS customers, partners, and internal teams, developing go-to-market partner strategies that drive successful application modernization initiatives. His deep expertise across AWS's modern compute services spectrum enables him to provide comprehensive guidance on leveraging cloud-native technologies effectively.

Before joining AWS, Dean built an impressive 22-year career with a Global Service Integration partner, where he spearheaded complex data center and digital transformation projects. This experience gave him a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities enterprise organizations face when modernizing their technology infrastructure.
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