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Avoiding cloud regret: Designing AWS success before migration begins
- Date 09 Mar 2026
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The strategic decisions that determine whether your AWS journey delivers value—or technical debt.
Webinar Details
📅 Date: Wednesday, 22 April
⏰ Time: 1:00pm – 1:45pm AEDT
📍 Location: Online
Summary
Avoiding cloud regret starts long before migration, and this webinar gives CIOs and IT leaders the practical insight needed to make the early decisions that matter most. In 45 minutes, NRI and AWS experts will unpack the common pitfalls in hybrid and early AWS environments, how to choose the right workloads to move, and the landing zone, security, identity, and cost‑framework choices that determine long‑term success. You’ll also learn how to apply AWS Well‑Architected principles early and when to modernise versus lift‑and‑shift—so your cloud becomes scalable and efficient, not costly and complex.
The early cloud decisions that matter more than you think
Most cloud programmes don’t fail during migration—they fail in strategy. Poor workload selection, fragmented identity design, and immature cost modelling often lead to environments that are expensive, difficult to govern, and slow to modernise.
In fact, one in three organisations fail to realise the benefits they expect from cloud when early decisions aren’t tied to a clear business strategy.
And migration complexity—especially dependency mapping and early cost assessment—continues to top the list of blockers before anything even leaves the data centre.
Those early calls on landing zones, workload selection, security models, and cost frameworks? They’re the difference between AWS (or any hyperscaler) becoming a scalable, secure, and efficient platform or an environment that’s expensive and difficult to operate.
Add to that the ongoing challenge of accurate cost modelling and long term optimisation, and it’s clear: getting pre migration decisions right isn’t optional—it’s critical.
What you can expect
The common pitfalls we see in hybrid and early AWS environments
Identify the patterns that create cost overruns, duplicated architecture, and security gaps—before they become embedded.
How to decide what should move to AWS—and what shouldn’t
A clear, business‑aligned framework for evaluating workloads before committing to migration
Using AWS Well‑Architected principles early
How Well‑Architected thinking guides early strategy, reducing risk and avoiding re‑work later
Landing zone design choices that shape your future success
How decisions around identity, networking, account structure, and guardrails directly influence cost, security, and scalability.
When to modernise vs. lift‑and‑shift—and why timing matters
Understanding the trade‑offs so you avoid both premature optimisation and long‑term technical debt.
Who we’ve curated this webinar for
This webinar is designed for CIOs, IT Directors, and Cloud & Infrastructure Leaders navigating hybrid environments or early AWS adoption. You’ll gain a practical decision framework to assess workloads, design landing zones, align security and identity models, and build a cost structure that supports long-term scalability—not reactive remediation.
Meet our speakers
Mark Telkes | National Manager for Cloud Solutions at NRI
Mark Telkes is a people‑centric cloud leader who brings deep expertise, sharp insight, and a genuinely uplifting presence to every collaboration. As National Manager – Cloud at NRI Australia & New Zealand, he helps organisations rethink what’s possible through practical, outcomes‑focused cloud transformation. His career spans senior roles with Fujitsu Asia Pacific and Telstra Purple, where he became known for his collaborative approach and ability to translate complexity into clear direction. Mark holds an MBA from AGSM @ UNSW Business School, deepening his strategic and commercial expertise.
Lauren Housego | Specialist Account Executive, Migrations at AWS
Lauren Housego has spent more than six years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she’s been at the centre of some of the most complex and high impact cloud transformation projects across Australia and New Zealand. Known for her ability to wrangle big technical challenges—and even bigger teams—Lauren blends sharp strategic thinking with a down to earth, people first approach that customers love. With a career spanning everything from risk analysis to project and program management, and now strategic account engagement, Lauren offers practical, actionable guidance to help organisations navigate the technical, operational, and strategic challenges of migrating to the cloud.
Kristina Gay | Specialist Sales – Database at AWS
Kristina Gay is a seasoned technology leader with 14 years spent entrenched working for the world’s biggest hyperscalers – Microsoft, Google, and AWS. and several years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she helps organisations navigate cloud and AI with clarity and impact. Before AWS, she held roles with two of the world’s biggest hyperscalers—Google (Global Partnerships/Technology Lead) and Microsoft (Azure engineering/customer advisory and data platform), giving her a rare, across the ecosystem view of what actually works. Kristina is known for her practical style, sharp insight, and talent for turning complex ideas into actions teams can use right away.
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