GFT at AWS re:Invent 2024: In case you missed it

Our AWS re:Invent attendance began on a high, with two 2024 Geography and Global AWS Partner Awards recognizing the role we play in helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on AWS. The Innovation Partner of the Year, Global award was for our work delivering consulting, managed and value-added resale services for customers—but we weren’t done. 

We also won the Industry Partner of the Year - Financial Services, EMEA award for providing cloud-based offerings for banks, insurance companies, capital market firms and payment processors of all sizes in the EMEA region. Read more about the work we did to earn these recognitions here. 

Our AWS re:Invent booth, AI Impact was a hit, with conversations about how AI can holistically support and improve the software development cycle. AI’s acceleration of tasks like documentation and testing—something uniquely valuable for legacy codes, which are often poorly documented—was a highlight, as was its ability to speed up the code review process by providing contextual information at relevant points. 

Our own global CTO, Dean Clark had a chance to sit down at our booth with Sam Everington, CEO of Engine, Starling Bank’s Software-as-a-Service arm, to talk about our recent collaboration on Salt Bank, a digital bank in Romania. They discussed how a number of innovations in the project opened up new possibilities, like achieving maximum composability thanks to being digital-first or staffing a human-based, customer service team due to smart automation. The conversation was a great opportunity to strengthen our partnership with Engine and Salt Bank while sharing the incredible Salt Bank story with AWS re:Invent attendees.  

We weren’t there only to present and receive awards, however. GFT and AWS also co-hosted the re:Inventing Energy through Technology Innovations Luncheon where we heard from experts on technology innovations and AWS’s role in driving digital transformation across the energy sector. Speakers representing both oil and gas and renewable energy companies, as well as electricity, distribution and technology providers explained how cloud, data and AI are driving their transformation journeys. 

Executives shared what their organizations are doing, like John Pressley, MD of Clean Energy Digital Strategy and Engineering, Duke Energy; Katy Dickson, SVP of Engineering & Technology for Patterson-UTI Drilling; John Kochavatr, CIO and VP of Customer and Digital Solutions for Portland General Electric; Ben Gordon, SVP, CIO and chief digital officer of Sempra Energy. GFT is also involved in energy, supporting customer initiatives in sustainable resources in oil and gas production, electrical transmission and distribution. 

After a week of learnings and insights, GFT hosted a client appreciation reception with AWS, where partners and clients connected, shared experiences and talked about their plans for the future. High attendance was anticipated, yet we were pleasantly surprised by everyone who came. Thanks to our global CEO, Marco Santos, Carlos Kazuo Missao, Tom Cozzolino, Rafael Suguihara and other leaders from GFT for stopping by, as well. 

Another year, another expectation-crushing conference in the books. We had an enriching and enlightening experience at AWS re:Invent 2024, and are already planning for AWS re:Invent 2025 in Las Vegas from December 1-5, 2025. 

Click here to read more about our Salt Bank launch with Engine, find out more about the awards we won here and as always, find us on LinkedIn if you would like to know more about any of our projects.