Luca Berton is a seasoned AI Automation and DevOps expert with more than 18 years of experience in IT, specializing in cloud infrastructure, machine learning platforms, and enterprise-scale automation. He has led major AI and automation initiatives for financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Société Générale, ABN Ambro and BPCE, designing GPU-accelerated Kubernetes/OpenShift AI clusters and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for regulated environments.

Luca is the creator of the popular Ansible Pilot project and author of several best-selling technical books, including Ansible for Kubernetes by Example and Hands-On Ansible Automation. A former Red Hat engineer, he has made significant contributions to the open source ecosystem, particularly in enhancing Ansible's capabilities for cloud and AI workloads.

Widely recognized for his teaching and community leadership, Luca regularly shares his expertise through courses on Coursera, Pluralsight, and Educative, and speaks at global tech conferences on topics ranging from MLOps to infrastructure automation.