Antonio Rodríguez Armas

Antonio is an Electronics Engineer passionate for technology, with more than 15 years of experience working on exciting projects around data and machine learning for companies of all sizes in America and Europe, and from very different areas such as retail, telecommunications, or energy and utilities. He has been working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) since 2018, helping companies to solve their challenges through innovation with artificial intelligence and machine learning in the cloud. Since 2020, he has been an Adjunct Professor at the IE Human Sciences and Technology, where he teaches Reinforcement Learning and Autonomous Systems for the Master’s program. Antonio is a frequent public speaker at International technical conferences, where he enjoys blending customer needs and use cases with deep dives into AI/ML technologies; and he frequently publishes and reviews research papers for ML conferences.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Senior AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Senior Solutions Architect Enterprise, AWS, Spain, 2018 – 2020

• Senior Sales Engineer – Southern Europe, Spain, 2015 – 2018

• Head of Solutions, Blue Telecom Consulting, Spain, 2013 – 2015

• Senior Solutions Architect – EMEA, Volubill, UK, 2011 – 2013

• Technical Sales Consultant – Americas, Volubill, USA, 2010 – 2011

• Implementation & Technical Support Engineer, Volubill, USA, 2009 – 2010

• Automation & Control Consultant, Schneider Electric, Venezuela, 2008 – 2009

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Reinforcement Learning & Autonomous Systems, IE Universidad, Spain, 2020 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Bachelor in Electronics Engineering, Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela, 2008