Kevin Fallis
Employers on the program
- 2019–2026Amazon Web Services12 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- AWS re:Invent
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Right-size your observability: maximize signal, minimize spend as AWS Your telemetry is scattered across tools. Your storage costs keep climbing. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Architect open source observability for distributed environments [REPEAT] as AWS Managing observability across distributed and multicloud environments remains a significant challenge for many organizations. In this interactive chalk talk,…Show lessManaging observability across distributed and multicloud environments remains a significant challenge for many organizations. In this interactive chalk talk, we'll explore how AWS fully managed open source observability services can solve your most pressing observability problems. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Optimize Cost and Performance in Amazon OpenSearch Service as AWS Join us to learn Amazon OpenSearch Service cost optimization and performance improvement strategies. Discover how organizations reduce costs using tiered…Show lessJoin us to learn Amazon OpenSearch Service cost optimization and performance improvement strategies. Discover how organizations reduce costs using tiered storage strategies and automated lifecycle management. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Maximize efficiency and reduce costs with Amazon OpenSearch Service as Amazon Web Services Optimize your Amazon OpenSearch Service deployments for enhanced user experience and cost efficiency. This session covers key cost drivers, including…Show lessOptimize your Amazon OpenSearch Service deployments for enhanced user experience and cost efficiency. This session covers key cost drivers, including operational management, licensing, networking, and data distribution. | Video |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Identify and remediate security threats with Amazon OpenSearch Service With the ever-increasing volume of data that organizations store in the cloud, threats to their sensitive business data will continue to grow as well. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Ingest data at scale with Amazon OpenSearch Service as Amazon Web Services AWS offers a broad range of data delivery options to use for Amazon OpenSearch Service, from self-managed to fully managed ingestion pipelines, and each…Show lessAWS offers a broad range of data delivery options to use for Amazon OpenSearch Service, from self-managed to fully managed ingestion pipelines, and each ingestion pipeline has unique attributes. In some cases, the ingestion pipeline choice can mean the difference between a well-behaved OpenSearch cluster or a problematic one. | Slides |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Modernize your log analytics solution with Amazon OpenSearch Service [REPEAT] as Amazon Web Services Amazon OpenSearch Service, successor to Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES), is a fully managed service that makes it easy for you to deploy, secure, and…Show lessAmazon OpenSearch Service, successor to Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES), is a fully managed service that makes it easy for you to deploy, secure, and run OpenSearch and Apache 2.0-licensed Elasticsearch clusters cost-effectively at scale. In this chalk talk, learn how to ingest data into Amazon OpenSearch Service from Amazon ECS using FireLens for logging and AWS Distro for... | Slides |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Powering observability with Amazon OpenSearch Service [REPEAT] as AWS Amazon OpenSearch Service’s Trace Analytics functionality allows you to go beyond simple monitoring to understand not just what events are happening, but why…Show lessAmazon OpenSearch Service’s Trace Analytics functionality allows you to go beyond simple monitoring to understand not just what events are happening, but why they are happening. In this workshop, learn how to instrument, collect, and analyze metrics, traces, and log data all the way from user front ends to service backends and everything in between. | Slides |
| Nov 30, 2020 | AWS re:Invent 2020 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Modernize log analytics with Amazon Elasticsearch Service as AWS Amazon Elasticsearch Service is uniquely positioned to handle log analytics workloads. With a multitude of open-source and AWS-native service options, users can…Show lessAmazon Elasticsearch Service is uniquely positioned to handle log analytics workloads. With a multitude of open-source and AWS-native service options, users can assemble effective log data ingestion pipelines and couple these with Amazon Elasticsearch Service to build a robust, cost-effective log analytics solution. | SlidesVideo |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | [REPEAT 1] Amazon Elasticsearch Service: Everything ingest as Amazon Web Services Delivering data to your Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) cluster can be challenging. With a broad range of patterns to choose from in both the…Show lessDelivering data to your Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) cluster can be challenging. With a broad range of patterns to choose from in both the open-source ecosystem, like Logstash and Fluentd, and native services on AWS such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) coupled with AWS Lambda and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), choosing the right data delivery pattern for... | Slides |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | [REPEAT 1] Best practices: Amazon Elasticsearch Service as Amazon Web Services New to Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES)? Or just curious about best practices with it? | Slides |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | [REPEAT 1] Have your front end and monitor it too as Amazon Web Services Amazon Elasticsearch Service is both a search solution and a log-monitoring solution. In this session, we address both. | Slides |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | [REPEAT 1] Simplifying and modernizing home search at Compass with Amazon ES as Amazon Web Services Compass is changing Real Estate by leveraging its industry-leading software to build search and analytical tools that help Real Estate professionals find,…Show lessCompass is changing Real Estate by leveraging its industry-leading software to build search and analytical tools that help Real Estate professionals find, market, and sell homes. In this session, Compass engineers discuss how they make every home (listing) in the company's catalog discoverable to consumers and Compass Real Estate professionals. | SlidesVideo |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muthu Pitchaimani | 8 | 2 | 2026 |
| Ali Saidi | 8 | — | 2026 |
| David Yanacek | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Dirk Fröhner | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Eric Johnson | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Imaya Kumar Jagannathan | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Jon Handler | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Jonathan Allen | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Julian Wood | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Leo Zhadanovsky | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Mike Stefaniak | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Neel Sendas | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Pasquale DeMaio | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Steve Blackwell | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Swami Sivasubramanian | 8 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.