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Guest Speaker

Zehra Syeda-Sarwat, AWS CSAA®, PgMP®, PMP®, ITIL®, B.S, World Wide Leader AWS Transformation Guide at Amazon Web Services (AWS) New York

February 1, 2021 (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET) – Online Event
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About the Seminar

Explore how AWS helps large global enterprises establish a data strategy…

About the Talk: In this session attendees will learn about AWS Transformation Guide (ATG), an overarching framework that provides prescriptive guidance on how to leverage AWS resources to build a multiyear holistic enterprise transformation journey that accelerates outcomes. We will dive deep specifically on the Insights track where we will explore how AWS helps large global enterprises establish a data strategy.

Bio: Zehra Syeda-Sarwat is the World Wide leader for AWS Transformation Guide. In her existing role Zehra built and scaled AWS’s proven approach to digital transformation, across hundreds of enterprise customers globally. Building on over 20 years of experience leading large scale technology transformation programs at AWS and other global tech companies including IBM and Fujitsu Consulting, Zehra provides prescriptive guidance to enterprise executives on how to quickly convert vision into a strategic execution path and deploy a transformation engine that integrates technology across all areas of the business and accelerates outcomes. In addition to her role as a World Wide Leader for AWS Transformation Guide, Zehra is also the Founder and President of WiWWCO – an AWS wide initiative dedicated to increasing gender diversity in technology. Zehra has launched several programs globally that have accelerated workforce transformation and generated diverse technical talent pipeline. Zehra has routinely been a conference speaker at tech events, a blogger/writer who very recently contributed to the book “Reaching Cloud Velocity” , in which she shares proven mechanisms how enterprise executives can implement benefits realization mechanism and measure Business Agility enabled through technology investments – Ch 2.4.