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Digital Transformation Day
Kuwait
Cloud Skills Development
Haitham Ali
Business Development Manager
Training and Certifications

2. Why Training?

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Increase employee
engagement
30% increased
employee
satisfaction,
leading to
retention~
Faster
time-to-market
Lower business
risk
Increase
profitability
4.4x more likely to
overcome
operational and
performance
concerns*
4.7x more likely to
improve
IT staff
productivity*
80% faster to
adopt cloud*
Achieve Your AWS Cloud ROI
AWS Training and Certification leads to measurable results …
*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by AWS, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy
~Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report

4. What is AWS Training and Certifications

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Classroom Training
In-person and virtual training
from instructors who teach your
team in a hands-on learning
environment
Enable Your Team With the Right Training
Developed by the experts at AWS
Digital Training
Free, on-demand courses so
your team can learn about the
latest services when and where
it’s convenient
AWS Certification
Identify skilled professionals to
lead cloud initiatives using AWS

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Digital Training at aws.training
400+ courses available anytime, anywhere
Cost effective: Free!
Accurate: Built by the experts at AWS
Flexible: Search by role, domain, specific services,
and level of expertise
Convenient: Available anytime, anywhere
Timely: Quickly build skills on the latest services

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Classroom Training
Learn cloud skills from AWS accredited instructors
Relevant: Learn real-world best practices
Immersive: Solve complex problems through hands-
on labs, in-depth discussion, and analysis
Efficient: Align training to your strategy
Role-based: Architects, developers, operations, and
more
Specialty: Security, Big Data, Data Warehousing, and
more
Flexible: Public, private, virtual

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AWS Training Offerings

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AWS Certification
Identify skilled professionals to lead AWS Cloud initiatives
Effective: AWS Certified
professionals are more
productive and faster
troubleshooters*
Lower risk: Certifications validate
AWS skills and provide peace of
mind
Globally recognized: Industry-
leading, legally-defensible cloud
certifications
*Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report

10. How to Get Started?
AWS Skills Guild Program

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Offerings Working in Concert
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Architecture
Security
Developer
Operations
Specialist
AWS Training
and Certification
Additional
engagement
Solutions-Architect
Led Days
AWS Events
Corporate
Communications
Internal Communities
of Practice
AWS Support Enterprise
SolutionProfessional
Services Technology

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AWS Skills Guild – The Formula
Build Excitement Technical & Business
Enablement
Build Communities

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AWS Skills Guild - Program Phases
Find a
Champion
Build a
Community
Obtain
Executive
Sponsorship
Form the Team
Brand the
Initiative
Scale
Certification
Recognize and
Reward
Specialization
Guilds,
Executive Guilds

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Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Game Day /
Hackathon
Architecture
Security
Developer
Operations
Specialist
Immersion
Day
Lunch and Learn
Community of
Practice
101 – Bus & Tech
Culture of Innovation
Celebrate / Events
AWS Skills Guild - Example

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Enterprises Close the Skills Gap

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Thank you!
Haitham Ali
haithal@amazon.com