Summary
Michael Romrell is a director-level AI and data solutions leader with 12+ years of hands-on engineering and 15+ years of executive experience scaling high-growth companies through product, operations, and go-to-market strategy. Currently leading AI data solutions at Tiki AI, he builds research-ready, process-supervised datasets and “data-as-code” pipelines that help frontier LLMs move from pattern-matching to verified reasoning. He has a track record of driving dramatic unit-economics improvements—cutting CAC from $40 to $1 at Literal—and raising millions from institutional and private investors while executing M&A and global expansion. Equally fluent in technical delivery and commercial strategy, he has shipped platforms as a senior engineer and later led product, marketing, and sales teams to double-digit revenue growth. An ESADE MBA and former entrepreneurship club president, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic execution and a penchant for embedding domain experts (PhDs, STEM, code) into data pipelines to reduce hallucinations. Based in Provo, Utah, he thrives at the intersection of research-grade data engineering and scalable business ops, enabling teams to increase model capability without growing headcount.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Master of Business Administration - MBA Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Esade
MBA Academy Business Management, MBA Academy Business Management at Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business
Business Management Entrepreneurship, Business Management Entrepreneurship at Utah Valley University
Spanish, English