How to pronounce “alvy” in English

there was a bunch of financial problems and Ed Catmull and then there's a guy named Alvy Ray Smith, and if you don't know Alvy Ray Smith, it's like look at your Silicon Valley

So his mother takes him to the psychiatrist, who says 'What's the matter Alvy,' and he says 'I found out the universe is expanding and the universe is everything and one day

I call that Alvy's era.

I'm Matt Bongiovi, and I am delighted and honored to be joined today by Pixar co-founder Dr. Alvy Ray Smith.