Bryan Landes

About Bryan Landes

I\'m a Senior Global Solutions Architect at AWS, leading technical strategy for a major global Automotive account spanning six business units, connected vehicle platforms, AI products, and enterprise transformation.Over 7+ years at AWS, I\'ve driven significant revenue growth with 284% YoY expansion while cutting workload costs up to 53%. I\'ve architected platforms supporting 10M+ vehicles, built agentic AI products with Bedrock and AgentCore, and led AWS\'s open-source developer platform strategy across 50+ enterprise customers.I\'m a 4x AWS re:Invent speaker, 5x BackstageCon program committee member (3x Chair), 3x BackstageCon speaker, and Cloud Native Community Group Organizer. I founded the Kubernetes Dallas Meetup and hold 9 certifications including AWS SA Professional, DevOps Professional, and AI Practitioner.

Experience

1. Senior Global Solutions Architect

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jul 2022 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Lead technical strategy for a major global Automotive customer across six North American business units and global entities in Europe, Japan, and software subsidiaries.Platform Engineering & Agentic AI• Evolved enterprise platform strategy across four automotive enterprises serving developers with software assets. Achieved 50% faster onboarding and significant annual cost savings.• Positioned platforms for agentic AI integration through MCP golden path blueprints with Bedrock AgentCore and Strands Agents.• Led AWS open-source Backstage strategy serving 50+ enterprise customers. Completed 10 specialized technical engagements YTD.• Drove Backstage professional services across Financial Services, Gaming, and Technology enterprises.AI Products & Connected Vehicle• Led AI product portfolio using Bedrock and AgentCore. Built dealer assistant serving 2,300+ dealerships with monthly interactions. Presented at re:Invent 2025.• Co-led global connected vehicle platform supporting 10M+ vehicles. Enabled worldwide MQTT launch unlocking 10M additional vehicles by 2030.• Supported enterprise safety platform (9M+ vehicles, 300K+ safety calls). Led zero-downtime Azure-to-AWS migration. Presented at re:Invent 2023.Enterprise Transformation• Architected enterprise contact center on Amazon Connect with Contact Lens. 350+ AI-powered rules, 40% improved authentication, 83% IVR reduction. Presented at re:Invent 2024.• Deployed Cyber Analytics platform using Kinesis, Splunk, Security Lake, Shield Advanced, and WAF.• Led VMware Horizon migration to 4,500 AWS Workspaces and AppStream instances.• Transformed quality systems into event-driven microservices using EventBridge, Lambda, SQS, and OpenSearch Serverless — the largest OpenSearch Serverless workload at AWS.• Migrated Kubernetes ML platform from Kubeflow to SageMaker, reducing costs and improving stability.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Government with a minor in Business Administration

  2011 — 2015