
Meet The Team
Our team is made up of creative and amazing persons from all kind of backgrounds, with incredible experiences and a lot of stories to tell.
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VP of Programming Contests & OFMI Director
Andrea Santillana
Andrea is the Founder and Director of the Mexican Girls Olympiad in Informatics (OFMI) and passionate about women's inclusion in the tech world. She is a Senior Software Engineer in Netflix.

Strategic Partnerhips & Communities
Miguel Romero
Miguel has been volunteering with omegaUp since 2017. He is known by all the students coding communities in Mexico, always traveling to deliver a motivational speeches to the schools that work with omegaUp.

VP of Engineering
Vanessa Avalos
Vanessa has been managing all the cool engineering features in omegaUp.com since 2018. She started the Coder of the Month For Her award given to the best female student in the omegaUp platform.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Sergio A. Marquez de Silva
Before joining Microsoft as a Software Engineer, Sergio honed his problem-solving skills on omegaUp. With a passion for democratizing computer science education in Latin America, he has served in various roles within the board and staff. Now, as CEO, he drives the organization's growth and development, fostering a love for technology among young learners.

Fundraising Coordinator
Atenas Cortes
Atenas is passionate about Social Justice and helping underserved communities through education. She has a Masters of Educational Leadership and Administration and has experience in the Mexican Education System.

VP of Engineering
Hugo Dueñas
Hugo has been responsible for the exciting features in omegaUp since 2018, including our internship programs. He currently works as a Software Engineer in Google.

Project Manager
Ana Gaxiola
I’m Ana Gaxiola, a Project Manager at omegaUp, where I’m passionate about managing and organizing diverse events. I love utilizing my skills and experience to make a positive impact on others’ lives. Being a part of omegaUp has been incredibly rewarding, teaching me the immense value that hard work, dedication, and teamwork can have on the lives of many young people in Latin America.

Software Engineer
Juan Pablo Gomez
Juan Pablo is part of the omegaUp Engineering Team based in Mexico. He is the main contributor to our GitHub repository and implements most of the features in omegaUp nowadays.

Programming Clubs Coordinator
Isabella Garcia
Isabella is a passionate Chemical Engineer with a strong dedication to teaching and the development of technological skills. She thrives on helping others and is deeply committed to making a positive impact on the lives of participants in this project. Through her work, Isabella sees a unique opportunity to foster innovation and empower individuals to reach their full potential.

Software Engineer
Pablo Aguilar
Pablo Aguilar is a Staff Software Engineer at Waymo who has been an invaluable member of the omegaUp since the organization's inception. With his extensive technical expertise, he now provides support to omegaUp as a software engineer.

Administrative Assistant
Alejandra Chávez
Alejandra is an experienced IT Technician and Administrative Assistant with over 13 years working in a tech company focused on communications (CPaaS). She is excited to join omegaUp and contribute to the inclusion of women in tech. Being part of this transformation is both rewarding and fascinating for her.

Educational Advisor
Rodrigo A. Castro
Rodrigo Castro is a Computer Science professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM). Rodrigo is a champion of the use of omegaUp in the classroom and has been coach of competitive coding teams.

OFMI Organizing Committee
Alondra Valdivia
Alondra is a former participant in math and informatics olympiads such as the Mexican Math Olympiad (OMM), Mexican Olympiad in Informatics (OMI), Mexican Girls Olymiad in Informatics (OFMI) and European Girls Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI). She is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science and Engineering and is part of the organizing team of the OFMI.

OFMI Deputy Leader - Mexico
Juan Carlos Sigler Priego
Data Engineer at Replit. He participated in the International Olympiads in Informatics and the ACM-ICPC. Juan is part of the founding team of the Mexican Olympiad in Informatics (OFMI).

OFMI Organizing Committee
Eloísa García Canseco
Eloísa is professor at Faculty of Sciences at Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. She is founder and coordinator of the Mexican Olympiad in Informatics in Baja California (OMIBC). She advocates for gender equity in the tech world actively participating in some communities such as Technolatinas and Women TechMakers. She collaborates with omegaUp as part of the team for the Mexican Girls Olympiad in Informatics (OFMI).

Educational Advisor
Francisco Zaragoza
Francisco Zaragoza is an associate professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and earned his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He is part of the founding team of the very first coding competition in Mexico in the early 90s.

OFMI Organizing Committee
Aida Monserrat Garcia
Aida is an Information and Communications Technology engineer. Currently, I'm focusing on front-end development. I'm part of the OFMI team, where I lead the social media area. I take pride in contributing to the inclusion of women in the tech world and I'm to make a positive impact on the lives of each participant through this project.

Technical Support Engineer
Ismael Santana
With over 20 years of experience in designing and developing custom software, Ismael has worked with a wide range of tools, programming languages, data storage solutions, and data analysis methods for IT departments in both the public and private sectors. He enjoys continuously expanding his knowledge and skills, actively engaging in software development projects, analyzing and processing data, deriving insights, and reporting findings.

Engangement Manager
Kenia Jiménez
Kenny is responsible for building and maintaining meaningful relationships with our regular individual donors and fostering a positive and cohesive environment for omegaUp volunteers and staff.

Software Engineer
Carlos Abel Córdova Sáenz
Carlos has been contributing to the omegaUp engineering department since 2018. Currently working as a Web Developer, he has also mentored for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) at omegaUp for the past three years.

Student Developer
Nandini Jaiswal
a Statistician and a Data Science student who just started venturing into open-source world. I love exploring AI and Machine Learning. Apart from this, I'm also a dancer and a guitarist.

Community Engagement
Luis Sanchez
Luis believes in the power of community to create lasting change. For over 15 years, he has worked to make technical knowledge and opportunities accessible to all, fostering collaboration and learning through open-source projects and community-driven initiatives.

Problem Setter
Erick Alvarez
Erick is a software engineer at Google with a master’s degree in computer science from CIMAT. He loves working with algorithms and data structures and enjoys creating educational content to help students improve their coding skills. Erick is dedicated to making a positive impact in both tech and education.

Software Engineer
Aritra Majumder
Aritra is currently a theoretical computer science student who is also passionate about open-source.

Software Engineer
Ahmed Hani
Ahmed Hani is software engineer with a strong foundation in competitive programming and an appreciation for opensource projects. I enjoy working on impactful projects that benefit not only hundreds, but thousands of people.

OFMI Organizing Committee
Aaron Diaz
Currently, I work as a full-stack software engineer, passionate about cybersecurity and operating systems development. I’m part of the Olimpiada Femenil de Informática (OFMI) team, supporting the process from exam creation to teaching. I take pride in contributing to the transformation toward a more inclusive industry, where more people can reach their potential and positively impact society.

Advisor
Moises Osorio
Software engineer with 14+ years of experience, two-time ICPC World Finalist, and current competitive programmer coach.

OFMI Organizing Committee
José Manuel Tapia Avitia
José Manuel has been working as a trainer for math and informatics olympiads since 2016. He was thrilled to help since the first moment that the Mexican Girls Olympiad in Informatics (OFMI) was proposed. He also works as a software engineer.

Instructor
Carlos Manuel Galindo
Carlos is a Computer Science engineer specialized in video game development with experience in virtual and augmented reality applications and 3D modeling.

OFMI Organizing Committee
Marco Montoya
Trabajé tres años en Microsoft como Ingeniero de Software, tiempo en que también fui parte del grupo de danza folklórica Bailadores de Bronce en el estado de Washington. Actualmente contribuyo con OmegaUp como organizador de la OFMI, redactando problemas y dando entrenamientos. Me gusta viajar y conocer nuevos lugares, participar en shows de danza y canto, jugar con mis michis y comer cosas ricas.

Software Engineer
Arturo Diaz Zamudio
Arturo is currently a computer systems engineering student, passionate for competitive programming, so when he saw an oportunity to cooperate with the platform that introduced him to this world he jumped in no second toughts.

Educational Advisor
Ricardo Paredes
I'm a Computer Science student at the National University of Engineering and also a researcher there. Since my senior year of high school, I've participated in competitive programming competitions. Initially, OmegaUp's resources were key to my learning and inspired me to help others grow. In 2024, I led my university's team at the Peru Student Summit with Google. Currently, I'm part of OmegaUp as an Educational Advisor and am excited to contribute in this role.

Aaron Anidjar
Aaron is a student at Williams College studying Mathematics and Computer Science. At OmegaUp, he is working on producing videos and articles on technology careers.

Graphic Designer
Luis Gil Sanchez
Luis is originally from Veracruz, México and has been designing the omegaUp image since 2019. Luis Gilberto is responsible for most of our cool logos, badges and icons for coding competitions.

Software Engineer
Anas Iqbal
Anas is a passionate software developer who enjoys building impactful tools that help others learn and grow. He actively contributes to omegaUp and helps in expanding access to computer science education and supports initiatives that empower students and communities through technology. He values collaboration, learning, and making a positive difference through open-source and technology.

Software Engineer
Samman Sarkar
Software engineer at Microsoft with a background in competitive programming and a passion for teaching and mentoring. I am actively involved in open source, with a focus on building and contributing to meaningful projects.

Educational Advisor
Mario Cordoba
Technical Solutions Developer for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with prior experience as a support engineer for Microsoft Azure. Passionate about data analysis, ETL, and cloud platforms. Graduated in Systems Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Acayucan.