Omar Alva currently serves as the Vice President of Center of Excellence and Artificial Intelligence at ShiftAvenue. His previous positions include Technical Architect at MunichRe, Cloud and Linux Engineer at Verizon, and Team Lead at Dell Inc. Omar has vast experience working with Linux and Open Source technologies in hybrid infrastructures, utilizing platforms such as AWS, Azure for cloud solutions, VMware for virtualization, and HP, IBM, and Dell for on-premise systems. He has also participated as a speaker in conferences held across various countries, including Mexico, the US, and Germany. Currently, Omar is among the organizers of DevOpsDays Los Angeles, USA.