Daniel Ospina is a founding AI engineer with 11 years of experience building and leading AI and software engineering teams across banking and enterprise tech. He has moved from hands-on roles (Senior Architect, Principal Architect) to lead Generative AI and ML platform initiatives at Bancolombia and briefly led LLM research engineering at Turing before co-founding the engineering effort at LlamaIndex. Daniel combines deep production experience in scalable, maintainable systems and developer experience with recent postgraduate training in AI/ML from UT Austin and professional AI coursework from Stanford. He is skilled at turning research-grade models into operational solutions—chatbots, deep learning pipelines, and AI platforms—while setting cross-organizational engineering standards. Colleagues know him for blending strategic technical leadership with practical coaching to uplift engineering practices across large organizations. Based in an unconventional location ("No man's land"), he brings a global, adaptable mindset to fast-moving AI productization challenges.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Post Graduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at The University of Texas at Austin
Artificial Intelligence Professional Program, Artificial Intelligence Professional Program at Stanford University School of Engineering
Ingenieria de sistemas, Ingenieria de sistemas at Universidad de Antioquía
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Daniel Ospina - Founding AI Engineer at LlamaIndex