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Meet Our Newest AWS Heroes – May 2026 | Amazon Web Services (opens in new tab)

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AWS has named four new Heroes for May 2026, recognizing leaders who advance cloud, AI, serverless, and community education. Their work ranges from building Amazon Bedrock-powered tools and contributing to AWS certifications to organizing major user groups and events across Europe and Latin America. Together, they demonstrate how technical expertise and community leadership can help more builders adopt AWS.

Damiano Giorgi — Pavia, Italy

  • An Artificial Intelligence Hero and Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in AI.
  • Helps organize AWS User Groups in Pavia and Milan.
  • Created the “Unofficial post:Invent Session Suggester,” using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Nova to recommend re:Invent sessions.
  • Shares knowledge through his “Bass and Bytes” blog and conferences across Europe.

Darryl Ruggles — Ottawa, Canada

  • A Serverless Hero and Cloud Solutions Architect with a background in software development.
  • Focuses on AWS application architecture, AI/ML, serverless, containers, and FinOps.
  • Publishes blog posts, LinkedIn content, and open projects.
  • Participates actively in online communities such as “Believe In Serverless” and in-person AWS events.

Ricardo Daniel Ceci — Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • An Artificial Intelligence Hero leading the AWS User Group Buenos Aires, with nearly 2,400 members.
  • Principal organizer of AWS Community Day Argentina.
  • Named AWS Community Leader of the Year 2025 for Latin America.
  • Hosts a podcast with cloud experts, AWS Heroes, and developer advocates.
  • Works to make cloud and AI more accessible to Spanish-speaking builders across LATAM.

Matias Kreder — Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • An Artificial Intelligence Hero and AWS Certification Subject Matter Expert.
  • Contributed to AI/ML certifications, including the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam.
  • Began his community involvement through AWS DeepRacer, qualifying as a finalist three times.
  • Organizes racing events, ML talks, and AWS community activities across Latin America.
  • Helped organize AWS Community Day Argentina 2025 and speaks at regional events.

These new Heroes illustrate the value of combining AWS expertise with mentorship, content creation, certification work, and community organizing. Builders can learn more or connect with regional leaders through the AWS Heroes program.