diff --git a/api-key-module/pom.xml b/api-key-module/pom.xml
index d1b36ef..2013e10 100644
--- a/api-key-module/pom.xml
+++ b/api-key-module/pom.xml
@@ -53,5 +53,10 @@
             <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-ses</artifactId>
+            <version>1.11.538</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/api-key-module/src/main/java/com/gwidgets/providers/SESEmailSenderProvider.java b/api-key-module/src/main/java/com/gwidgets/providers/SESEmailSenderProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0939afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-key-module/src/main/java/com/gwidgets/providers/SESEmailSenderProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.gwidgets.providers;
+
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailService;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.model.Body;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.model.Content;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.model.Destination;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.model.Message;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.model.SendEmailRequest;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProvider;
+import org.keycloak.models.UserModel;
+
+public class SESEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {
+
+  private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger("org.keycloak.events");
+
+  private final AmazonSimpleEmailService sesClient;
+
+  public SESEmailSenderProvider(
+      AmazonSimpleEmailService sesClient) {
+    this.sesClient = sesClient;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void send(Map<String, String> config, UserModel user, String subject, String textBody,
+      String htmlBody) {
+
+      log.info("attempting to send email using aws ses for " + user.getEmail());
+
+      Message message = new Message().withSubject(new Content().withData(subject))
+          .withBody(new Body().withHtml(new Content().withData(htmlBody))
+              .withText(new Content().withData(textBody).withCharset("UTF-8")));
+
+      SendEmailRequest sendEmailRequest = new SendEmailRequest()
+          .withSource("example<" + config.get("from") + ">")
+          .withMessage(message).withDestination(new Destination().withToAddresses(user.getEmail()));
+
+      sesClient.sendEmail(sendEmailRequest);
+     log.info("email sent to " + user.getEmail() + " successfully");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() {
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api-key-module/src/main/java/com/gwidgets/providers/SESEmailSenderProviderFactory.java b/api-key-module/src/main/java/com/gwidgets/providers/SESEmailSenderProviderFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8010efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-key-module/src/main/java/com/gwidgets/providers/SESEmailSenderProviderFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.gwidgets.providers;
+
+import com.amazonaws.auth.EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailService;
+import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClientBuilder;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import org.keycloak.Config.Scope;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProvider;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProviderFactory;
+import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSession;
+import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSessionFactory;
+
+public class SESEmailSenderProviderFactory implements EmailSenderProviderFactory {
+
+  private static AmazonSimpleEmailService sesClientInstance;
+
+  @Override
+  public EmailSenderProvider create(KeycloakSession session) {
+
+    //using singleton pattern to avoid creating the client each time create is called
+    if (sesClientInstance == null) {
+      String awsRegion = Objects.requireNonNull(System.getenv("AWS_REGION"));
+
+      sesClientInstance =
+          AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClientBuilder
+              .standard().withCredentials(new EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider())
+              .withRegion(awsRegion)
+              .build();
+    }
+
+    return new SESEmailSenderProvider(sesClientInstance);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void init(Scope config) {
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void postInit(KeycloakSessionFactory factory) { }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getId() {
+    return "default";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api-key-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProviderFactory b/api-key-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProviderFactory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05e5060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-key-module/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProviderFactory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+com.gwidgets.providers.SESEmailSenderProviderFactory
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