Summary
Marco Prado is a Global AI Apps and Agents Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, bringing two decades of IT experience and eight years focused in cloud solution architecture across IoT, Azure infrastructure, and applications. Based in San José, Costa Rica, he has progressed through a series of global technical roles at Microsoft after earlier cloud and network architecture work with HPE, IBM, VMware and regional consultancies. He combines hands-on systems engineering roots with recent AI and data science specialization from a master's program, enabling him to translate cutting-edge ML/AI concepts into production-ready cloud solutions. Known for a relentless learning mindset—captured in his GitHub bio—he emphasizes hard work, practical transformation, and knowledge sharing as a global trainer and architect. Colleagues benefit from his cross-functional fluency in networking, virtualization, and AI-driven application design, making him a pragmatic bridge between enterprise infrastructure and emergent agent-based services.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree - Network and Telecommunication Telecommunications Engineering, Licentiate degree - Network and Telecommunication Telecommunications Engineering at ULACIT
Master's degree - Big Data Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree - Big Data Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
English, Spanish