Manuela Sucerquia Ospina

Mechatronics Engineering graduate from the National University of Colombia, Bogotá headquarters. I love working with disruptive and cloud-based technologies where integration is the main focus, working on new automatization schemes and developing structures that think of the big picture. Currently learning on AI based technologies and software architecture. Art in all its forms moves me daily and I am an enthusiast of video games and the interdisciplinarity that comes with creating an experience that engages people. I love supporting social reasons and knowing that my existence helps someone else and my passion for knowledge fuels everything I do. I’m open to travelling and changing my home residency

DevOps Engineer for the Davivienda Bank development center at IBM Colombia. My focus is automating the development for my team and encouraging all people to work on an agile based scheme. I always try to innovate and share my knowledge with other teams. I'm currently working as a mentor for junior DevOps Engineers at IBM in the DoLab Center of preparation for new interns, as an Academic Ambassador in DevOps at IBM for the Universidad Nacional and as a leader for Women in Engineering initiative at IBM.

Automatization and on-cloud technologies volunteer researcher, focused on IoT schemes and 3D Modelling for Digital Twin creation of the devices located in the lab using AWS and IBM Cloud. My main objective is setting up the basis for remote supervision and control fabricated amidst the pandemic need for remote work. Currently, I am volunteering as a guide for the new students joining this research group, with whom I finished my thesis “VR/AR application with bidirectional communication for the LabFabEx’s SCARA manipulator”.