Elvin Galarza
Product Strategy Generative AI, Agentic AI
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElvin Galarza is a product strategy and generative/agentic AI leader with 8 years of experience building cloud-native platforms and developer-facing PaaS at IBM, including stewardship of OpenShift and Kubernetes offerings. He combines an electrical and computer engineering foundation from UT Austin with product and mixed-reality certificates from Cornell and MIT, and is completing a master’s at Harvard, blending technical depth with product rigor. As CTO of Nourish And Bloom Market he applies infrastructure and retail tech to social impact—his startup was featured on Shark Tank and joined Techstars Atlanta in 2024. Elvin has hands-on engineering roots across ML/GPU automation, blockchain internships, and a passion for Kubernetes, OpenShift, IoT, and mapping reflected in his GitHub interests. He also contributes to social-good initiatives and academic research on homelessness and mental health, bringing a rare mix of enterprise product leadership, startup execution, and civic engagement. Based in New York, he pairs strategic vision for agentic AI with practical experience shipping scalable, developer-centric platforms.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Distinguished Plan Diploma, Distinguished Plan Diploma at Robert Vela High SchoolThe University of Texas-Pan AmericanAssociate's degree Computer Software and Media Applications, Associate's degree Computer Software and Media Applications at South Texas CollegeThe Science Academy of South TexasCertificate Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Certificate Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors Capstone, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors Capstone at The University of Texas at AustinMaster's Degree Liberal Arts Business Administration and Management General, Master's Degree Liberal Arts Business Administration and Management General at Harvard UniversityCertificate Product Management, Certificate Product Management at Cornell UniversityStanford University
English
Github Skills (42)
python9
machine-learning9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
nlp8
natural-language-understanding8
google8
kubernetes8
neural-network8
data-science8
ibm-cloud7
migration7
ml7
deep-neural-networks7
natural-language-processing7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
IBM/ibmcf-migration-tooling
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Documentation on next steps for migrating Konveyor example-app application to serverless and Kubernetes services on IBM Cloud
Contributions:1 review, 31 commits, 1 PR in 7 months
ibm-cloudserverlesskonveyorcloudfoundryk8s
elvinjgalarza/Assembly-Projects
Jul 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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