Andrés has had a longstanding passion for open source. Before entering the IT field, Andrés spent many years working as a salesman. He eventually decided to change careers and pursued a role as a consultant in the IT industry. From there, he progressed to a Solutions Architect position, where he worked with cloud-native technologies. Currently, Andrés is employed at SUSE. Andrés has also participated in a number of tech events around the world, such as the Open Infrastructure Summit.