Heiner Romero Leiva (He/Him)
Principal AI/ML Architect | Postgraduate Professor & Speaker | Agentic AI & Ethics | Mentoring Aspiring Data & AI Professionals
San Jose, Costa Rica
Career path.
MicrosoftSr. Agentic AI Cloud Solutions Architect
Mar 2026 - Present- Tecnológico de Costa Rica
AI/ML Professor | Graduate & Post-Graduate Programs
Dec 2020 - Present - Edwards Lifesciences
Principal AI/ML Engineer
Sep 2025 - Mar 2026
MicrosoftSolutions Engineer - Analytics & AI
Jul 2025 - Sep 2025- Coursera
Content Consultant - SME RAG & Agentic LLMs
Jun 2025 - Sep 2025
MicrosoftTechnical Specialist - Data, Apps & AI
Apr 2024 - Jul 2025- LCI Education
America's Machine Learning Professor (Universidad Véritas)
Mar 2022 - May 2022 - Wind River
Engineering Manager of Data & AI
Nov 2021 - Apr 2024 - Wind River
Lead Data Scientist - Senior Member of Technical Staff in Studio AI
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021 - LCI Education
Machine Learning Regional Professor Central & South America (Universidad Véritas)
Apr 2021 - Feb 2022 - LCI Education
Machine Learning Professor (Universidad Véritas)
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021 - Astra Data
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023 - LCI Education
Business Analytics & Big Data Professor (Universidad Véritas)
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020 - BAC
Senior Data Scientist
Apr 2020 - Apr 2021 - Abbott Laboratories
Regional Data Scientist Specialist
Sep 2019 - Apr 2020 - Cargill
Financial Analyst North America & Asia
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019 - Cargill
Jr. Financial Analyst LATAM
Sep 2018 - May 2019 - Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal - Oficial
Sr. Financial Data Analyst
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018 - Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal - Oficial
Jr. Financial Data Analyst
Dec 2016 - Aug 2017 - AUGE-UCR
Assistant Project Manager Intern
Aug 2016 - Oct 2016 - Universidad de Costa Rica
Statistics and Research Assistant Internship PhD. Margoth Mena Young & PhD. Larissa Tristán
Mar 2014 - Oct 2016