Celebrating Our Newest AWS Heroes – September 2026

Summary

• AWS introduces three new members to the AWS Heroes program, a global group of experts who share knowledge, mentor others, & build communities.
• Avinash Shashikant Dalvi from Bengaluru, India, is a Serverless Hero, tech architect, & co-organizer of AWS User Group Bengaluru focused on serverless, containers, & production-ready applications.
• Dalvi has delivered over 40 community talks, publishes the AWS for Product Builders newsletter, & creates technical content on Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, & AWS Amplify.
• Joanne Skiles from Orlando, USA, is a Serverless Hero, engineering leader, & educator with over 16 years of experience in full-stack systems, serverless architecture, & AI systems on AWS.
• Skiles organizes the Orlando AWS User Group, teaches via YouTube, conference talks, & podcasts Chaotic Commits & Her Career Unplugged, & serves as a Computer Science professor at Rollins College running the Transparent Systems lab.
• Xiaofei Li from Shanghai, China, is a Community Hero & AWS Golden Jacket holder who leads the Kiro, Amazon Quick, & Tokyo Chinese AWS communities in the Greater China Region.
• Li founded the Kiro Chinese User Community with over 5,000 members & initiated the Chinese localization of AWS Builder Cards across 15 cities with 3,000+ participants.
• Li mentors underserved students & supports Women in Tech initiatives.
• The AWS Heroes webpage provides information on the program & ways to connect with a Hero, while the AWS Builder Center offers details on community involvement.