Taylor Riggan
Employers on the program
- 2019–2026Amazon Web Services16 talks
Appearances by year
- AWS re:Invent
- DataTune
- SQLSaturday
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Build a knowledge graph-based agent guardrail with Amazon Neptune as Amazon Web Services AI agents assert relationships such as compatible products, cleared counterparties, or approved suppliers, derived from LLM reasoning rather than verified data.…Show lessAI agents assert relationships such as compatible products, cleared counterparties, or approved suppliers, derived from LLM reasoning rather than verified data. When these assertions are wrong, downstream business decisions fail. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Build an agentic context layer with ontologies on Amazon Neptune as Amazon Web Services Most knowledge graphs answer questions but never close the loop with operational systems. In this session, explore how to build an ontology-driven context layer…Show lessMost knowledge graphs answer questions but never close the loop with operational systems. In this session, explore how to build an ontology-driven context layer that transforms a knowledge graph into an active control plane for AI agents. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Building ontologies with Amazon Neptune as Amazon Web Services Large language models pattern-match on tokens, not business meaning, which causes subtle failures when applied to enterprise data. Ontologies address this by…Show lessLarge language models pattern-match on tokens, not business meaning, which causes subtle failures when applied to enterprise data. Ontologies address this by giving AI systems a formal structure for knowledge: a graph defining what exists, how entities relate, and what questions are meaningful. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Building Production Graph Pipelines with Nodestream and Amazon Neptune as Amazon Web Services Nodestream is an open source declarative framework for building, maintaining, and analyzing graph data, built collaboratively by engineers at Intuit and AWS. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build a web-scale application with purpose-built databases & analytics as Amazon Web Services In this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Use GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune to improve generative AI applications [REPEAT] as Amazon Web Services Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private datasets. GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to…Show lessRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private datasets. GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to produce explainable responses that are grounded in the semantic relationships between concepts, entities, and the underlying content. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build a web-scale application with purpose-built databases & analytics [REPEAT] as Amazon Web Services In this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Effective Amazon Neptune data modeling strategies in the age of gen AI as Amazon Web Services The emergence of generative AI has also seen the rise of innovative new graph workloads like GraphRAG and natural language querying. In this chalk talk, learn…Show lessThe emergence of generative AI has also seen the rise of innovative new graph workloads like GraphRAG and natural language querying. In this chalk talk, learn how to deploy these new workload types on Amazon Neptune. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Migrating from self-managed InfluxDB to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB as Amazon Web Services In this chalk talk, demystify the process of migrating your self-managed InfluxDB open source database deployment to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. Whether…Show lessIn this chalk talk, demystify the process of migrating your self-managed InfluxDB open source database deployment to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. Whether you're currently running InfluxDB versions 1.X or 2.X, discover the various options and steps to make the transition seamless. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Use GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune to improve generative AI applications [REPEAT] as Amazon Web Services Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private, differentiating datasets. However, baseline RAG can…Show lessRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private, differentiating datasets. However, baseline RAG can sometimes produce poor responses that lack explainability and contextual awareness and include conflated sources and spurious claims. | |
| Mar 8, 2024 | DataTune 2024 | DataTune | talk | Explainability for Similarity Search Using Graphs, LLMs, and Vector Embeddings | |
| Feb 10, 2024 | SQLSaturday Atlanta BI & Data Analytics #1071 | SQLSaturday | — | A survey of graph algorithms and how they are used in modern day data analytics Ever wondered how a bank calculates fraud risk? Or delved into the inner workings of the foundational techniques used by web search engines? | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build a web-scale application with purpose-built databases & analytics [REPEAT] In this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Graph modeling best practices with Amazon NeptuneUse cases such as real-time recommendation engines demand high performance. When performance is your top priority, model optimizations can be very important to…Show lessUse cases such as real-time recommendation engines demand high performance. When performance is your top priority, model optimizations can be very important to achieving your goals. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build a web-scale application with purpose-built databases & analytics as AWS In this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. Discover how to apply development patterns using Amazon…Show lessIn this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. Discover how to apply development patterns using Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Neptune, and Amazon OpenSearch Service to build a fully functional and scalable bookstore ecommerce application and dive deep into best practices along the way. | Slides |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build your first graph application with Amazon Neptune as Amazon Neptune, AWS Amazon Neptune is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with highly connected…Show lessAmazon Neptune is a fast, reliable, and fully managed graph database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets. In this workshop, get hands-on experience and learn how to use Amazon Neptune to create and load a connected graph dataset, write connected graph queries with Gremlin and openCypher, and generate rich visualizations with your... | Slides |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Jump-start graph projects with Apache TinkerPop & Jupyter notebooks as Amazon Neptune, AWS Graph databases have many uses including ways to detect fraud, discover security risks, and store data lineage across disparate datasets. Building such…Show lessGraph databases have many uses including ways to detect fraud, discover security risks, and store data lineage across disparate datasets. Building such applications can require an iterative approach, and many developers prefer to start this process on their local workstations. | Slides |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | [REPEAT 1] Hands-on with Amazon ElastiCache for Redis as Amazon Web Services Join us for a practical, hands-on workshop on using Amazon ElastiCache. This session is designed for developers, engineers, and database administrators who are…Show lessJoin us for a practical, hands-on workshop on using Amazon ElastiCache. This session is designed for developers, engineers, and database administrators who are involved in designing ElastiCache for Redis. | Slides |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Best practices for identity resolution with Amazon Neptune as Amazon Web Services In this chalk talk, learn how to build a cloud-centric, graph-based identity resolution system that connects customer data across devices, channels, and…Show lessIn this chalk talk, learn how to build a cloud-centric, graph-based identity resolution system that connects customer data across devices, channels, and touchpoints and helps enable better media buying and personalization. Learn about best practices and the mistakes to avoid for identity resolution data collection, processing, and preparation. | Slides |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Building your first graph application with Amazon Neptune as Amazon Web Services In this session, get hands-on with Amazon Neptune and build a cloud-based graph application. Learn how to quickly load data and begin writing Gremlin…Show lessIn this session, get hands-on with Amazon Neptune and build a cloud-based graph application. Learn how to quickly load data and begin writing Gremlin traversals. | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Saidi | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Amit Kumar | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Andrew Crudge | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Andrew Krug | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Andy Reedy | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Andy Warfield | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Arthur Petitpierre | 6 | — | 2026 |
| David Piet | 6 | — | 2026 |
| David Yanacek | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Dirk Fröhner | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Eric Brandwine | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Eric Johnson | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Fabrizio Manfredi | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Gavin McCullagh | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Giuseppe Angelo Porcelli | 6 | — | 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.