Welcome to Melanie’s Corner
Where generative AI meets real-world engineering — from agentic architectures to production-scale ML systems.
Hi, I’m Dr. Melanie Li — a Senior Generative AI Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS, based in sunny Sydney, Australia.
I specialise in helping organisations architect and deploy generative AI solutions at scale — from intelligent document processing and agentic AI systems with Amazon Bedrock and AgentCore, to ML inference optimisation on SageMaker AI. I work closely with AWS service teams to shape products like Bedrock and Nova, and collaborate with partners including Anthropic, NVIDIA, and Langfuse to build workshops and reference architectures — from agentic AI to GenAI observability — that have reached thousands of builders across Asia Pacific and globally.
With a PhD in Computing (trust evaluation in social networks) and a background spanning cloud engineering, data science, and network security, I bring a full-stack perspective to every engagement — from C-suite strategy to hands-on PoC delivery.
This site is my digital home — part professional portfolio, part creative playground. You’ll find my AWS technical blogs, speaking engagements, and customer success stories alongside personal writing and reflections. Welcome to my corner of the internet and feel free to reach out.
Customer Success
Guiding customers from PoC to production across Enterprise, FSI, ISV, Startup, Public Sector, Healthcare, and more. Designing GenAI architectures with Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and AgentCore.
Service Team Collaboration
Working hand-in-hand with AWS service teams to improve Bedrock, SageMaker, and Nova. Co-authoring feature launch and best practice blogs with service teams.
Community & Mentorship
Growing the AI/ML community through Technical Field Community (TFC) mentorship, co-GTM partnerships with Anthropic and NVIDIA, and co-leading the APJ TFC focus areas.
Anthropic Claude Agent SDK + Bedrock AgentCore Workshop
Co-developed the first hands-on workshop integrating Claude Agent SDK with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.
Democratizing BI with Claude Agent SDK & AgentCore
Co-authored customer success story and co-built the Claude Agent SDK on AgentCore workshop with Anthropic, showcasing how to build agentic AI solutions on AWS.
2025 AWS Sydney Summit Keynote Demo
Delivered a live generative AI demo on the AWS Sydney Summit keynote stage, showcasing agentic AI capabilities to thousands of attendees.
Trusted AI Advisor to 100+ Customers
Provided hands-on guidance on generative AI and ML platform solutions for customers ranging from startups to large enterprises — from architecture design to production deployment.
💡 Invent & Simplify
Built the global-first GenAIOps workshop, the GLOE framework, and pioneered agentic AI architectures.
🔍 Learn & Be Curious
Exploring emerging tech — multimodal AI, voice agents with Pipecat, NVIDIA NIM, Claude Agent SDK + AgentCore workshop. 25+ blogs.
🎯 Customer Obsession
Advised 100+ customers across industries including Enterprise, FSI, ISV, Startup, SMB, Government, University, and more.
⚡ Bias for Action
Fast escalation on critical bugs. Rapid PoC delivery. 50% increase in global product adoption from a single blog.
📈 Deliver Results
$20M+ pipeline. 28+ workshops. 8,940+ viewers. 60 Accolades and 20+ AWSome Awards.
🤝 Earn Trust
Deep relationships with service teams. Co-GTM partnerships. Trusted advisor to enterprise architects and startup CTOs.
🌱 Hire & Develop
Mentored 50+ TFC members. Co-led APJ TFC GenAI Platform. Graduated 20+ into AIML TFC.
🔭 Think Big
Led AIOps Squad publishing GLOE APG. Cross-region initiatives ANZ to APJ. NVIDIA GTC global stage twice.