Summary
Iu Ayala is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on experience building computer vision and AI solutions for autonomous vehicles, maritime systems, and enterprise products. He founded Gradient Insight to help tech companies rapidly launch tailored CV features—ranging from a highly personalized image search app to a real-time coin classifier and enhancements that drove a Rubik’s cube solver to 500k+ downloads. His background in robotics and control (motorbike stabilization, ASV sea-state sensing, and vehicle detection pipelines) combines safety-critical embedded engineering with modern deep learning. As an instructor on Udemy he distills complex self-driving and ML concepts into practical coursework, and he applies spaced repetition and continuous personal projects to retain and expand his craft. Pragmatic and product-focused, he thrives at the start of projects where rapid impact meets real-world validation.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
Industrial Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering at Universitat de Girona
Spanish, English, Catalan, German, Portuguese