Derek Liu
Senior Solutions Architect - Retail, Cpg and Travel Hospitality @Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Signup · Get unlimited contacts
WORK HISTORY
Senior Solutions Architect - Retail, Cpg and Travel Hospitality @Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vancouver, BC, CA
Expert Area: Big Data, Analytics, Database, GenAI applications, Cloud security, Cloud networking.At AWS, my role as a Senior Solutions Architect centers on empowering enterprise retail customers with robust and secure cloud infrastructures. With a focus on Big Data, Analytics, and Generative AI applications, my day-to-day involves crafting scalable technical architectures and solutions that respond to complex business requirements and drive adoption through strategic partnerships and knowledge sharing.The solutions architected under my guidance leverage AWS\'s cutting-edge technologies, significantly improving operational efficiencies and data security. My commitment to mentorship and public engagement, evidenced by multiple AWS Summit talks and blog authorship, reflects a dedication to elevating industry standards and nurturing innovation within the cloud ecosystem.Public speaking engagements:AWS DC Summit 2023SEC306: How to prevent exfiltration and unauthorized access to sensitive dataAWS Toronto Summit 2024ANT303: Using natural language to author data integration applicationsAWS Toronto Summit 2025AIM207 - Introduction to AWS AI league
EDUCATION
Langara College
Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Joint Mathematics and Computer Science
ABOUT DEREK LIU
Hello World!\" I currently work at AWS as a Senior Solutions Architect and I have a strong interest and background within the big data/analytics and agenticAI space. I enjoy helping customers build efficient and resilient infrastructure on the cloud. Previously I worked in the Cloud Support Engineering Group for Big Data technologies on AWS which included Amazon EMR (Elastic Map Reduce), Glue, Athena, DynamoDB, Data Pipeline, Lake Formation, MWAA. I provided best practice solutions to enterprise customers for high performance computation within data lakes and data warehouses. I successfully consulted AWS customers on various use cases in order for them to handle high volume of data while minimizing costs.In addition, I previously worked as an SAP HANA database specialist. The areas of expertise I focused and revolved around were HANA installation/upgrades, high availability, query optimizations and backup/recovery.Certifications:AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerAWS Certified AI PractitionerAWS Certified Solutions Architect - AssociateAWS Certified Data Engineer - AssociateAWS Certified Solutions Architect - ProfessionalAWS Certified Data Analytics - SpecialtyAWS Certified Database - SpecialtyAWS Certified Machine Learning - SpecialtyAWS Certified Security - SpecialityAWS Glue Subject Matter Expert - Specialty
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.