Ren Kikuchi

Ren Kikuchi works in Visual Compute at Amazon Web Services, supporting media, entertainment, and visual effects organizations across the APAC region in modernizing content production through cloud technologies.
Before joining AWS, he spent 20+ years in the visual effects and animation industry as an artist, supervisor, producer, and production executive. His work has spanned creative production, pipeline development, and large-scale content workflows.
With experience across both production and technology, he is passionate about connecting artists, studios, and emerging technologies to help shape the future of content creation.