Michael Needham
World Wide, Technical Enablement Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Greater Perth Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Needham is a seasoned technology leader with three decades of deep technical and leadership experience and over a decade focused on cloud and solutions architecture at AWS. He currently leads worldwide technical enablement, building world-class technical talent across Asia Pacific and globally, after roles heading Solutions Architecture readiness and regional SA teams across APJ, EMEA and Africa. Michael has a rare combination of hands-on engineering roots (from embedded and middleware to cloud) and executive experience running entity-level operations, regulatory compliance and infrastructure launches for new regions. He’s known for scaling technical teams and programs in emerging markets—having been the first AWS Solutions Architect in Africa and supported launches of Dubai and Cape Town offices—while also guest lecturing at university and MBA programs. Based in Greater Perth, he blends strategic clarity with operational rigor and an affinity for practical, customer-focused innovation.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Guest Lecturer MBA program, Guest Lecturer MBA program at Macquarie Business SchoolGuest Lecturer, Guest Lecturer at University of Cape Town
Github Skills (21)
storage8
javascript7
aws-s37
aws7
react7
nodejs6
aws-amplify6
amplify6
react-native6
analytics5
barrage5
typescript5
aws-apigateway4
cloud-services4
pouchdb4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
smneedham/OutlookMac-Archive-ExchangeToLocal
Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
Contributions:28 commits in 6 days
smneedham/NodeHelloWorld
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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