About
Omar Vega is co-founder and director of VATES, a nearshore software development and staff augmentation firm founded in 1991 that employs over 600 IT engineers serving clients including IBM, Intel, and Thomson Reuters. He is also a partner at ALAYA VC, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies across Latin America, the United States, and Chile. With 25 years in the software industry and prior experience in telecommunications, Vega holds leadership positions including Vice-President of the Argentine Chamber of Information Services Companies and Secretary of the Science, Technology and Innovation Department of the Argentine Industrial Union.
Experience
- Vates S.A.Directorcurrent1991 — present
- Alaya S.A.General Partnercurrent2011 — present
- Claro (ex CTI)Software Developer1995 — 2005
Skills & more
Scrum23Start-ups9Software Development31Software Project Management15UML10Software Engineering6Agile Methodologies23Product Management4Team Leadership8SQL9MySQL4Business Intelligence4
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Agile Project ManagementJava Enterprise EditionWeb ApplicationsManagementProject ManagementBusiness StrategyUnified Modeling Language (UML)Languages English · Spanish
From Omar's professional profile.
Colleagues at ADDventure
Federico Ferral
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Fernando Giordano
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Gabriel Allasia
Presidente at ADDventure
Gabriel Florensa
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Gisela Veritier
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Leandro Srur
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Leonardo Perassi
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Luciano Nicora
Consejo Directivo at ADDventure
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Omar Vega?
- Omar Vega is co-founder and director of VATES, a nearshore software development and staff augmentation firm founded in 1991 that employs over 600 IT engineers serving clients including IBM, Intel, and Thomson Reuters. He is also a partner at ALAYA VC, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies across Latin America, the United States, and Chile. With 25 years in the software industry and prior experience in telecommunications, Vega holds leadership positions including Vice-President of the Argentine Chamber of Information Services Companies and Secretary of the Science, Technology and Innovation Department of the Argentine Industrial Union.
- Where does Omar Vega work?
- Omar Vega is Consejo Directivo at ADDventure.
- Where did Omar Vega go to school?
- Omar Vega studied at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (Engineer, Information Systems).
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