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Heiner Gamboa Borbon

CTO & AI Leader/Expert
San Jose

Summary

First, I'm a problem solver — then a CTO, generalist technologist, and AI Engineer with a deep focus on driving business value through AI innovation, scalable architecture, and cross-functional leadership.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Chief Technology Officer

IBuild Global
03.2024 - Current
  • Senior AI & Technology Leader overseeing AI,
    ML, Data, and Engineering teams.
  • Spearheaded the launch of AI-driven products
    by combining deep market research with crossfunctional collaboration across product,
    engineering, and data science.
  • Built scalable AI pipelines and automated
    MLOps workflows using OpenAI, LangChain,
    Hugging Face, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Vertex AI,
    MLflow, and Docker/Kubernetes — establishing
    a robust, production-ready foundation for
    continuous innovation and real-world model
    deployment.

AI Engineering Manager

World Fuel Services
04.2022 - 02.2024
  • Managed a team of ML engineers and
    backend developers, aligning priorities with
    product and research teams to deliver
    intelligent features across NLP, recommendation
    systems, and computer vision pipelines.
  • Oversaw the full AI development lifecycle —
    from data ingestion and model training to
    CI/CD deployment and monitoring — using
    MLflow, Weights & Biases, and GCP Vertex AI,
    ensuring reproducibility and performance at
    scale.

Principal Architect

World Fuel Services
09.2021 - 04.2022
  • Led the design and deployment of
    production-ready AI systems using tools like
    Databricks, Airflow, LangChain, Hugging Face, PyTorch, FastAPI, and Docker/Kubernetes,
    enabling scalable and efficient model
    operations.

Tech Lead

Wind River Systems
02.2021 - 09.2021
  • Led the DevOps and Automation team for a
    large-scale cloud platform, integrating AI/ML
    capabilities into infrastructure automation and
    observability pipelines.
  • Recruited and mentored engineers in cloudnative development, Kubernetes, MLOps
    workflows, and security best practices across
    AWS and hybrid environments.
  • Translated strategic business goals into robust
    technical solutions, including the development
    of scalable monitoring systems spanning 100+
    Kubernetes clusters with AI-driven anomaly
    detection.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated
    provisioning using Terraform, ArgoCD, and
    MLflow for model deployment and tracking.
  • Fostered team productivity through clear
    prioritization, agile leadership, and crossfunctional coordination.
  • Partnered with NASA and Boeing to architect
    and deliver mission-critical, high-reliability
    software systems.

Senior Dev/MLOps Engineer

Syniverse
02.2020 - 02.2021
  • Served as a subject matter expert for the
    Omniverse platform, enabling scalable AI/ML
    workloads and real-time collaboration across
    high-performance compute environments.
  • Designed and deployed the company's first
    distributed data processing system, supporting
    large-scale inference and model training
    pipelines integrated with data science teams.
  • Embedded a comprehensive DevSecOps
    strategy into CI/CD pipelines, incorporating
    automated model validation, security scanning,
    and compliance checks to protect systems connected to 7+ billion edge devices.

Systems Administrator

SmileDirectClub
09.2018 - 02.2020
  • Actively managed, improved, and monitored infrastructure including design, implementation, and performance tuning

Freelance Engineer

Toptal, Upwork
01.2015 - 09.2018

Education

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Universidad Internacional De Las Americas
01.2020 - Current

Skills

    Team Leadership

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Certification

AWS Solutions Architect Associate: https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/1735db3a-93d8-4553-b3e7-606bdb16333d/public_url

Timeline

Chief Technology Officer

IBuild Global
03.2024 - Current

AWS DevOps Engineer Professional: Https://www.credly.com/badges/d2b745c0-8afb-4073-843d-e703bd05342d/linked_in_profile

10-2022

AI Engineering Manager

World Fuel Services
04.2022 - 02.2024

Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate: https://www.credly.com/badges/4a99b999-43ac-4441-98f1-e5b9371d4ae3/public_url

12-2021

Principal Architect

World Fuel Services
09.2021 - 04.2022

Tech Lead

Wind River Systems
02.2021 - 09.2021

AWS Solutions Architect Associate: https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/1735db3a-93d8-4553-b3e7-606bdb16333d/public_url

01-2021

Senior Dev/MLOps Engineer

Syniverse
02.2020 - 02.2021

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Universidad Internacional De Las Americas
01.2020 - Current

Systems Administrator

SmileDirectClub
09.2018 - 02.2020

Freelance Engineer

Toptal, Upwork
01.2015 - 09.2018

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