Chris Ibbitson
@ibbi.me
Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, focused on Global Financial Services. Like to post about Cloud, Fintech, travel, food/drink and rugby. Opinions all my own!
Great to finally publish a new @awscloud.bsky.social whitepaper focused on "Building a multicloud strategy in the financial services industry"; if you work in FSI and are either using multiple clouds, or thinking about it, check it out 👇🏻 a.co/fXa9gb5
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great to finally publish a new @awscloud.bsky.social whitepaper focused on "Building a multicloud strategy in the financial services industry"; if you work in FSI and are either using multiple clouds, or thinking about it, check it out 👇🏻 a.co/fXa9gb5
✈️ JFK > LHR and a lovely upgrade from BA into First
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
✈️ JFK > LHR and a lovely upgrade from BA into First
Nice run around Central Park after work this evening…. Spotted a fair few Halloween outfits! Now for beer !
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nice run around Central Park after work this evening…. Spotted a fair few Halloween outfits! Now for beer !
Starting Saturday with a nice steady run around Austin
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Starting Saturday with a nice steady run around Austin
Running off the jet lag with a morning run along the river in Austin
October 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Running off the jet lag with a morning run along the river in Austin
✈️ LHR > AUS much later than planned due to BA
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
✈️ LHR > AUS much later than planned due to BA
Cracking sunset as I finish my run along the river in Frankfurt this evening after a busy day at SIBOS
September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cracking sunset as I finish my run along the river in Frankfurt this evening after a busy day at SIBOS
A rather moist run to the lake and back in Zurich 🌧️ 🏃♂️
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A rather moist run to the lake and back in Zurich 🌧️ 🏃♂️
Nice run out to Murrayfield and along the Water of Leith. Now back to work!
September 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Nice run out to Murrayfield and along the Water of Leith. Now back to work!
Heading to Edinburgh for a few days… love the view from the ECML #viewfrommyseat
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Heading to Edinburgh for a few days… love the view from the ECML #viewfrommyseat
Chilly run along Regents Canal before some breakfast and a train back north
September 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Chilly run along Regents Canal before some breakfast and a train back north
Cracking trip to India this week. Great to catch up with AWS colleagues and have some great discussions with customers !
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Cracking trip to India this week. Great to catch up with AWS colleagues and have some great discussions with customers !
Such lovely weather this evening in Gurugram… and guess who is now soaked as he left his waterproof jacket in the hotel!! 🤦♂️
September 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Such lovely weather this evening in Gurugram… and guess who is now soaked as he left his waterproof jacket in the hotel!! 🤦♂️
Nice run around Edinburgh before heading to the office for a day of meetings
August 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Nice run around Edinburgh before heading to the office for a day of meetings
Nice run along the Thames before heading to the office
August 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Nice run along the Thames before heading to the office
Nice sunset as I whizz north home #viewfrommyseat
August 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Nice sunset as I whizz north home #viewfrommyseat
🚀 Why coding still matters in the AI era: nice interview with
Kode with Klossy on how learning to code builds critical thinking, problem-solving & confidence - skills that matter across all industries. Learning to code is not obsolete! via McKinsey www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
Kode with Klossy on how learning to code builds critical thinking, problem-solving & confidence - skills that matter across all industries. Learning to code is not obsolete! via McKinsey www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
Why learning to code still matters
Are AI capabilities making learning to code obsolete? Not according to the leaders at Kode With Klossy, who say that coding can lead to many career skills that apply across industries.
www.mckinsey.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🚀 Why coding still matters in the AI era: nice interview with
Kode with Klossy on how learning to code builds critical thinking, problem-solving & confidence - skills that matter across all industries. Learning to code is not obsolete! via McKinsey www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
Kode with Klossy on how learning to code builds critical thinking, problem-solving & confidence - skills that matter across all industries. Learning to code is not obsolete! via McKinsey www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
It is amazing what you can do with Agentic AI at the moment... however what is even more mind blowing is trying to imagine what we will be able to do in 12 months time....
August 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It is amazing what you can do with Agentic AI at the moment... however what is even more mind blowing is trying to imagine what we will be able to do in 12 months time....
Great to have been part of this! Check out the interview (video / written) between NatWest's Payments CIO and Nilesh from AWS on how NatWest are modernizing their payments systems on the cloud! www.pymnts.com/real-time-pa...
Inside NatWest’s Cloud Strategy to Modernize for Real-Time Payments | PYMNTS.com
Watch more: AWS and NatWest Rewrite Banking Infrastructure for Instant Payment Era Financial institutions are re-architecting their core payments
www.pymnts.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Great to have been part of this! Check out the interview (video / written) between NatWest's Payments CIO and Nilesh from AWS on how NatWest are modernizing their payments systems on the cloud! www.pymnts.com/real-time-pa...
This should set me up for the day ahead… especially after the silly o’clock start this morning ! Very tasty Full LNER on a very quiet train to London!
August 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This should set me up for the day ahead… especially after the silly o’clock start this morning ! Very tasty Full LNER on a very quiet train to London!
🚀Meet Kiro: A game-changing AI IDE that takes you from prototype to prod with spec-driven development. Features intelligent specs & hooks that work alongside you like an seasoned dev. Build better, ship faster! #builtwithkiro Try it free during preview! kiro.dev/blog/introdu...
Introducing Kiro
A new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production
kiro.dev
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🚀Meet Kiro: A game-changing AI IDE that takes you from prototype to prod with spec-driven development. Features intelligent specs & hooks that work alongside you like an seasoned dev. Build better, ship faster! #builtwithkiro Try it free during preview! kiro.dev/blog/introdu...
Cracking long weekend showing my mum the sights in DC. IAD bound now and back to reality !
July 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Cracking long weekend showing my mum the sights in DC. IAD bound now and back to reality !
Dripping wet run from George Town waterfront, along the river and the National Mall to the White House
July 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dripping wet run from George Town waterfront, along the river and the National Mall to the White House