Vanessa Alvarez

Vanessa Alvarez is an accomplished professional experienced in the field of emerging technologies. With a career that spans from research to execution, Vanessa has worked with some of the most brilliant minds at Microsoft, Amazon (AWS), and emerging startups in Silicon Valley. Her expertise includes cloud computing, edge computing, distributed systems and architecture, analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Vanessa is passionate about bringing new technologies to market and changing the status quo. She is driven by the impact that technology has on our everyday lives and is devoted to making it happen.

Vanessa's specialties include product development from ideation to production, developing innovative business models, customer acquisition, and retention, product launches, go-to-market strategy, and partnerships. Vanessa is an Amazon Web Services Certified Business Professional and an Amazon Web Services Certified Technical Professional.

Vanessa's educational background includes studying at Kaplan College and Rhode Island College, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management and Political Science. Her work experience includes various roles at Microsoft, Amazon, Gridstore, Scale Computing, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, and Yankee Group.