Summary
Toni Penya-alba is an experienced AI and machine learning engineering leader based in Barcelona with over a decade of building production-ready ML systems and scaling teams. Currently Engineering Manager (Machine Learning) at Belvo, he has led ML and research efforts across startups and scaleups including Typeform and Adsmurai, where he progressed from data scientist to VP of Engineering. He pairs a strong academic foundation—a PhD and master's in Artificial Intelligence—with pragmatic product delivery, having also taught as a university lecturer. Toni’s background spans research, applied ML, and engineering management, and he brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and hands-on leadership that helps bridge R&D and productization. An occasional founder and long-time software engineer, he’s comfortable moving between low-level engineering and strategic roadmap decisions.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Computer Science, Engineer, Computer Science at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Artificial Intelligence, Cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Artificial Intelligence, Cum laude at Universitat de Barcelona
Catalan, Spanish, English