Hey, I'm
Carlos Cortez
AWS Community Hero · AI Startup Founder · Gamer Developer
CTO & Product Owner building AI products. First AWS Hero from Peru, founder of AWS UG Peru and BrickStore.AI, creator of BYaML protocol. Also: I make Minecraft mods powered by AWS.
About
AWS Community Hero
First AWS Community Hero from Peru. Recognized for contributions to the Latin American cloud community since 2015.
AWS UG Peru Founder
Founded and led the AWS User Group Peru from 2015 to 2025. Building the largest cloud community in Peru.
BrickStore.AI
Co-founder. AI-powered retail analytics platform operating in Australia and Peru.
BYaML.org
Creator. Build Your Architecture Markup Language — an AI protocol for cloud infrastructure generation.
Projects
Open source, AI, and cloud infrastructure
Gaming
Where cloud meets pixels
I'm a gamer developer who builds Minecraft mods inspired by AWS services. Every sword is a cloud service, every ability is a real AWS feature.
Community
10 years building cloud communities in Latin America
AWS UG Peru
Founded 2015. 3000+ members. Monthly meetups, workshops, and re:Invent watch parties.
Podcasts
ImperioCloud (2020)
Al día con AWS (2020-2022)
Talks & Conferences
Speaking at AWS events, community summits, and tech conferences across Latin America
6to re:Invent — Strategy sessions con clientes y equipo BWIT
AWS re:Invent 2025 · Las Vegas, USA
Premio Partner of the Year — Proyecto de migracion de mayor impacto 2025
BWIT Partner of the Year Award · Lima, Peru
Modern Cloud Architectures with AI: From IaC to Deployments
AWS Student Community Day Lima · Lima, Peru
Reunion AWS UG Bogota + AWS Hero + Cloud Security Space + FinOps Foundation Peru
AWS UG Leaders Meetup · Lima, Peru
IA y Cloud Nativo en AWS — Keynote frente a 500+ personas
Cusco Tech & Business Summit · Cusco, Peru
Lanzamiento: Las Sagradas Aventuras de un Cloud Engineer (comic cloud andino)
Comic Cloud Launch · Lima, Peru
AWS Card Clash en vivo con Max Zeballos (Golden Jacket)
AWS Card Clash — Kick Stream · Online (Kick)
Lleva tu carrera cloud del nivel Junior al Senior
Kick Stream — Junior to Senior · Online (Kick)
Build Generative AI IaC Pipelines with Amazon Strands SDK and BYaML
AWS Community Day Bolivia · Bolivia
BYaML Schema v0.2 — AI-Powered Cloud Infrastructure Generation
AWS Community Fest Lima · Lima, Peru
Mesa redonda con AWS Heroes y UG Leaders
AWS Heroes & UG Leaders Roundtable · Sao Paulo, Brazil
Blog
Writing about GenAI, LLMOps, Agents, and Cloud Architecture