Find our more about how to get more out of the cloud with the right education

1. Attila Lengyel, Training & Certification
23-May-2017
Addressing the Skills Gap
Get more out of the cloud with the right education

2. Cloud migration has accelerated,
and AWS is innovating faster than ever

3. AWS Pace of Innovation
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New
features
and/or
services

4. The result: a new challenge
Companies need cloud expertise now more than ever
Indeed Job Postings that include “AWS”
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1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55
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*Indeed.com job trends, http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends/q-AWS.html

5. The solution: education
• The best education goes beyond today’s features
• Education can teach you how to think
• It can foster creativity and innovation

6. We can help
AWS Training and Certification helps building cloud skills
to make your transition to the AWS Cloud easier so you
can get the most out of your investment, faster

7. Autodesk Team Benefits from AWS Training
Hear Alan Williams, an Enterprise Architect at Autodesk,
discuss how his team has benefitted from AWS Training.
Investing in training has helped Autodesk reduce outages,
control costs, and get the most out of AWS.
https://aws.amazon.com/training/traincert-customer-testimonials/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzwz0yKmXtc

8. Benefits of training
Accelerate your
business
- Increase employee
effectiveness
- Innovate faster so you
can accomplish more
- Build internal buy-in

9. Booz Allen Hamilton Discusses the Value of
AWS Training and Certification
Hear Xena Ugrinsky, SVP of Analytics, Cloud, and Strategy
at Booz Allen Hamilton, discuss how BAH benefits from
AWS Training and Certification. Training helps to shorten
the path to success and shorten the time to value for client
projects, and also helps them retain the best and the
brightest employees.
https://aws.amazon.com/training/traincert-customer-testimonials/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlTIOL-9Y8Y

10. Benefits of training
Accelerate your
business
- Increase employee
effectiveness
- Innovate faster so you
can accomplish more
- Build internal buy-in
- Transition to cloud-based
roles by leveraging what
they already know
- Reduce costs and
improve time to market
- Retain talent
Leverage
existing staff

11. Siemens Cloud Initiative Benefits from AWS
Training
Hear Christian Boehm, Head of Data Center Infrastructure
at Siemens AG, discuss how AWS Training has helped his
team succeed using the cloud. Training helped his team
build their cloud knowledge, speak the same language,
and get excited about the AWS Cloud.
https://aws.amazon.com/training/traincert-customer-testimonials/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YaZ61RvGs

12. Benefits of training
Validate
expertise
- Encourage staff to get
certified to validate their
knowledge
- A core group of experts
can serve as cloud
champions
- Role based learning path
for your staff
Accelerate your
business
- Increase employee
effectiveness
- Innovate faster so you
can accomplish more
- Build internal buy-in
- Transition to cloud-based
roles by leveraging what
they already know
- Reduce costs and
improve time to market
- Retain talent
Leverage
existing staff

13. We offer a range of training methods

14. So far, we’ve trained over 1 million
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600000
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15. One customer’s journey
1st Training Delivered
1400 students trained
11 months
Production
applications
Time
Jan 2015 Sept 2016
0
~100

16. One customer’s journey
1st Training Delivered
1400 students trained
11 months
Production
applications
Time
Jan 2015 Sept 2016
0
~100
“Most of us left the course gagging to try-out
some of the concepts you covered.”
by Head of Channels Technology at WW FSI company

17. Research confirms training effectiveness
73% of respondents who
pursued certification in the
past year noted an increase
in their job effectiveness
because of related training
78%
73%
69%
1
Series1 Series2 Series3
Employees in organizations
with training plans in place
reported being less likely
to leave their companies
*Data from the 2016 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report

18. The ultimate goal
a core team of trained and certified experts

19. The tipping point: continuous learning

20. How we can help you get there
Stage 1:
Awareness
and planning
Stage 2:
Introductory
training for
business and
technical
professionals
Stage 3:
Foundational
training for a
large group of
technical
professionals
Stage 4:
Associate
certification
Stage 5:
Advanced and
specialty
training for a
smaller group
of technical
professionals
Stage 6:
Professional
certification
~Months 1-3 ~Months 3-6 ~Months 6-9 ~Months 9-12 ~Months 12+

21. Questions?

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23. Attila Lengyel, Training & Certification
lengyela@amazon.lu