Normalized claim
Registrations handled: 109,000 registrations
the 2023 Pan American Games, GMS managed over 109,000 registrations
Bornan Sports Technology: managing Pan/Parapan American Games on AWS and using Amazon Q Developer to streamline workflows
Use case typeProductivity platformUpdated Jun 13, 2026
Bornan Sports Technology built and scaled its Games Management System on AWS to support major multisport events. The system helped organizers manage scheduling, athletes, volunteers, accreditations, catering, registrations, access control, arrivals and departures, and more. Bornan also used Amazon Q Developer internally to review code and improve engineering efficiency.
- Organization
- Bornan Sports Technology
- Industry
- Other
- Location
- Chile
- Published
- May 2026
Reported outcomes
375,000 readings
access control readingsOther quantified impact
109,000 registrationsregistrations handled74,000 accreditationsaccreditations handled23,000 arrivals and departuresarrivals and departures handled50-70%compute cost savings
Strategic outcomes
New business modelLaunched a SaaS event management platformScale & capacitySupported large-scale Games operationsScale & capacityHandled expanded Parapan American Games operationsSpeed & agilityStreamlined internal code review workflows
Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks
Normalized claim
Accreditations handled: 74,000 accreditations
74,000 accreditations
Normalized claim
Arrivals and departures handled: 23,000 arrivals and departures
23,000 arrivals and departures
Normalized claim
Access control readings: 375,000 readings
375,000 access control readings
Normalized claim
Compute cost savings: 50-70% decrease
save an additional 50–70 percent of compute costs using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Bornan Sports Technology
- Provider
- AWS
- Maturity
- Unknown
- Linked source
- AWS Solutions Case Study
No explicit deployment-stage evidence found.
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity evidence evaluated
Primary read
Use case focus
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- 1Event Management
- 2Operations Automation
- 3Developer Productivity
- Organizers needed to manage complex sports event workflows that had previously been handled with spreadsheets.
- The platform had to support large-scale, mission-critical event operations with high availability and strong security.
- Bornan built the Games Management System as a SaaS platform on AWS with customizable modules for event operations.
- The company used Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, AWS security capabilities, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances for reliable global delivery and scalable compute.
- Bornan used Amazon Q Developer to streamline internal code review and reduce time spent on technology tasks.
- The Games Management System supported over 109,000 registrations, 74,000 accreditations, 23,000 arrivals and departures, 375,000 access control readings, and 35,000 volunteer registrations for the 2023 Pan American Games.
- The Parapan American Games added another 35,000 registrations, 32,000 accreditations, 6,000 arrivals and departures, and 102,000 access control readings.
- Bornan reported virtually no downtime in 8 years of using AWS and could launch new instances in 35 to 50 seconds while saving 50 to 70 percent of compute costs with Spot Instances.
Architecture
Bornan's Games Management System is built on AWS for event management at global scale. The solution uses Amazon CloudFront for low-latency delivery, Amazon Route 53 for DNS routing, AWS security services including protections for web applications, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for elastic capacity, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances for cost optimization. Internally, Bornan uses Amazon Q Developer for code review and engineering productivity.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium50/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Primary source available
- Quantified outcome available
- Technical implementation details available
Type: Customer StoryPublished: May 27, 2026Publisher: AWSEvidence: VendorConfidence: Medium
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