German Silva
About German Silva
German Silva is a Senior Technology Architect at TELUS and the Founder and CTO of e4OSS Solutions Inc., with extensive experience in network management and cloud computing technologies.
Company
German Silva currently serves as the Founder and Chief Technology Officer at e4OSS Solutions Inc. in Milton, Ontario, Canada. In addition to his role at e4OSS Solutions Inc., he is also a Senior Technology Architect at TELUS, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Title
German Silva holds the titles of Founder and Chief Technology Officer at e4OSS Solutions Inc., and Senior Technology Architect at TELUS.
Work Experience at IBM
German Silva has worked twice with IBM. From 2011 to 2016, he served as a Tivoli Architect in Toronto, Canada, where he gained extensive experience with the Tivoli/NetCool suite of products, including OMNIbus, webtop/WebGUI, ITNM, ISM, and Impact. He also worked as a Network DevOps Engineer from 2017 to 2018 in Dallas, TX, focusing on network development and operations.
Previous Employment History
Prior to his current roles, German Silva accumulated extensive experience in various technical and engineering positions. From 2016 to 2017, he worked as a Systems/Network Analyst III at Frontier Communications in Allen, TX. He also spent five years at Rogers Communications as a Technical Expert from 2006 to 2011. Between 2004 and 2006, he was an Analyst Programmer at Accenture Technology Solutions. Early in his career, he held roles such as Channel Development Engineer at Micromuse and Projects Engineer at AFA tecnologia in Bogota, Colombia, as well as Operations Team Leader Engineer at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs. He spent a significant portion of his early career, from 1987 to 1998, as a Telecommunications and network management systems technician at Empresa Nacional del Telecomunicaciones de Colombia.
Educational Background
German Silva holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from Universidad Antonio Nariño, where he studied from 1996 to 1999. He also earned a Tecnologo in Electronics and Telecommunications from ITEC, studying from 1983 to 1987.
Technical Expertise
German Silva has robust technical capabilities across a variety of operating systems including various UNIX flavors (AIX, Solaris), Linux (RedHat, Suse, CentOS), and Windows. He is an accomplished programmer proficient in multiple programming languages such as C++, Java, Perl, Python, and JavaScript. His experience extends to cloud computing and virtualization technologies like OpenStack, Docker, and Cloud Foundry. Additionally, Silva has focused on integrating Netcool Operations Insight with ITNCM and Dashboards.