Summary
Henrique Santana is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLMOps with 12 years of experience building production-ready ML platforms and data products across enterprise and startup environments. Based in São Paulo, he currently leads LLMOps at Dell Technologies while also authoring courses for Udacity and teaching in MBA programs, blending hands-on engineering with practical pedagogy. His background spans data science, MLOps, product management and technical leadership at companies like Dell, Braspag and Pagar.me, giving him a rare cross-functional fluency from model lifecycle to business impact. Trained in electrical engineering and AI specialization, he often bridges low-level systems thinking with modern ML tooling to optimize reliability and scale. Colleagues describe him as experimentally curious—he intentionally explores many approaches to surface the unexpected solution.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
System Analysis and Development Information Technology, System Analysis and Development Information Technology at Universidade Veiga de Almeida
Electrical Engineering Electronics, Electrical Engineering Electronics at UERJ
Artificial Intelligence Specialization Lato Sensu, Artificial Intelligence Specialization Lato Sensu at PUC Minas
Technician Electromechanical Technology, Technician Electromechanical Technology at Cefet/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
Portuguese, English, Spanish