Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.
Join national arts and design faculty, arts and industry leaders, artists, and AI collaborators for the 2nd annual national summit on AI and the arts. Inspired by the findings of the first summit, Centering the Arts in the Age of AI, the executive summary from our 2024 convening “Creativity, Empathy, and AI.”
Hosted in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and featuring other industry leaders, this gathering will explore how the arts can:
· Drive innovation
· Shape ethical and inclusive AI development, and
· Expand workforce pathways through creative practice.
Grounded in empathy and interdisciplinary partnership, the summit will spotlight actionable strategies for integrating the arts into AI education, research, and policy. Activating the recommendations in the report, we will explore opportunities to bring the perspective of the arts into business and industry to expand the leadership potential of the arts. Be part of the movement redefining creativity and cultural leadership in the age of intelligent machines.
Join us for an optional pre-summit, AWS Immersion Day on generative AI from 9:00AM to 1:00PM on September 24. In this Immersion Day you’ll hear about the art-of-the-possible from Amazon and its partners, and get hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock and various creative content generation models such as: Amazon Nova, StabilityAI Stable Diffusion, Anthropic Claude, and more.
Space is limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis to attendees from education institutions and the arts communities. In addition to registering for the National Summit (9/25-9/26), please check the box if you are interested in attending the Pre-Summit - AWS generative AI Immersion Day on 9/24.
