Episodes

  • #55 - Accelerating pilot training with data and ML

    #55 - Accelerating pilot training with data and ML
    Mar 4 2022
    As the world faces a shortage of pilots, the need for cost-effective training and upskilling tools increases. To learn more, the Fix This team chatted with Mikhail Klassen, chief technology officer of Paladin AI. Paladin AI is a technology startup focused on training the next generation of pilots with data, machine learning, and human expertise with its training tool, InstructIQ. Listen in to discover how Paladin AI builds on Amazon Web Services (AWS), how machine learning and data can be used to deliver personalized, adaptable trainings, and why the cloud is an integral piece of the puzzle.
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    17 mins
  • #20 - The future of work

    #20 - The future of work
    Aug 7 2020
    Cloud computing is changing the future of work. Dive into today’s episode to learn how Mount Sinai Health System in New York built a multilingual chatbot using Amazon Web Services (AWS) that has streamlined the patient experience and changed the way their staff works. The team sat down with Benjamin Maisano, chief technology officer and head of application engineering for consumer digital at Mount Sinai Health System to learn more. Next up, we chatted with Cas Holloway, head of public enterprise at Unqork, to explore how their public sector customers can benefit from incorporating modern tech solutions into their standard workflows.
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    18 mins
  • #24 - Building a resilient organization

    #24 - Building a resilient organization
    Oct 2 2020
    Is your organization ready for anything? In this episode of Fix This, the team dives deep with Edgar Haren, Amazon Web Services (AWS) product marketing manager, and Shonte’ Eldridge, executive government advisor at AWS, to uncover the importance of business resiliency. From universities to local governments, our latest eBook, A Guide to Building Organizational Resilience, explains how public sector organizations can use the cloud to navigate emergencies and disruptions to maintain business continuity. Next, we checked in with Dan Beeston, ICT manager of Juniper. Dan shares his experiences helping Juniper, an Australian aged care nonprofit, digitally transform and prepare for the unpredictable future.
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    25 mins
  • #14 - Mission critical cloud: Remote education

    #14 - Mission critical cloud: Remote education
    May 15 2020
    In part two of the Mission Critical Cloud mini-series by Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the team explores remote education. Teresa is joined by Ann Merrihew, a director within the education business at AWS. This episode begins with an interview featuring Dr. David Baca, chief of schools of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest K12 district in the United States. Next, we talked to Jennifer Schaeffer, vice president of IT and chief information officer of Athabasca University, Canada’s only 100 percent open and online digital university. And we ended the episode with Andrew Gilfillan, vice president of product management at Pearson, a global learning company.
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    28 mins
  • #22 - Back to school

    #22 - Back to school
    Sep 3 2020
    Education institutions around the world are in a period of rapid digital transformation. Some students are returning to the classroom, some are learning remotely, and some now rely on a blend of in-person and remote options. To learn how the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud is helping to power this shift, the team chatted with two professors from the University of Notre Dame, Sharif Nijim and Chris Frederick. Sharif and Chris shared their lessons learned from teaching in a blended and an entirely remote environment, and how they use the cloud to meet students’ needs. Next up, the team talked to Dr. Amanda Broderick, vice chancellor and president of the University of East London, to learn how the university is offering synchronous blended learning to improve student and professor interactions, no matter where students may be physically.
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    23 mins
  • #37 - Earth Day 2021

    #37 - Earth Day 2021
    Apr 21 2021
    This Earth Day, the Fix This team explores how Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help organizations create sustainable solutions and advance their sustainability goals. To learn more about sustainability of the cloud and in the cloud, the team chatted with Ken Haig, senior manager for public policy in the Asia Pacific region at AWS. Next, the team turned to Ana Pinheiro Privette, lead for the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI), to learn why data is key to creating scalable, sustainable solutions. Wrapping up the episode, Adam Lewis, managing director at Digital Earth Africa joined the discussion. Adam discusses how Digital Earth Africa works with ASDI to make Earth observation data accessible across Africa to help innovators on the ground.
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    31 mins
  • #21 - Livestreaming nature

    #21 - Livestreaming nature
    Aug 21 2020
    Livestreaming powered by the cloud is a valuable tool to help us understand nature and protect it. The team sat down with Charlie Annenberg, founder of Explore.org, to discover all of the ways livestreaming natural scenes from around the globe—elephants in Africa, bears in Alaska, and more—can foster a deeper appreciation and knowledge of nature. Next up, we talked with Peter Girgis, chief technology officer of Bigmate about their livestreaming solution built for the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency, which helps the local government monitor bushfires in real-time. This livestreaming solution helps the government react quickly to bushfires and make data-driven decisions.
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    14 mins
  • #07 - From Kenya to space

    #07 - From Kenya to space
    Feb 5 2020
    From workforce development to preserving ancient artifacts—the cloud changes how we think about the future. Ray Rogers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) talks to Sameer Raina, president of Digital Divide Data (DDD), about the nonprofit’s project to digitize the National Museum of Kenya’s one-of-a-kind, ancient collections. During phase one of the project, DDD upskilled the museum’s existing staff with cloud training. Randi Larson from AWS talks to Tom Soderstrom, IT chief technology officer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He shares how NASA JPL continues to hire the brightest, most curious minds in technology.
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    23 mins