Ana Maria Echeverri works at IBM focused on Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence Skills Growth and Strategy. Her career spans multiple leadership roles in Sales, Marketing, Partner Ecosystems, and Analytics in the Technology industry (Informix, Microsoft, Citrix and IBM); and also leadership roles in startups as Founder and as leader in Digital Marketing and Analytics. She spearheaded the creation of an Open Source Data Science Curriculum Kit (OpenDS4All) to enable academic institutions around the world to accelerate the creation of their own data science programs: https://github.com/odpi/OpenDS4All. She holds a Computer Engineering degree, an MBA, a Master of Science in Analytics, and a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management