Erwin H.

About

I build engineering cultures that bridge the gap between AI theory and production reality. Currently directing applied AI Engineering at Adyen. Previously 8+ years at Google (Cloud AI, Gemini). Instructor at DeepLearning.AI. Follow me for insights on scaling Applied AI, Engineering Leadership, and LLMOps. Core Competencies: AI Leadership | Engineering Leadership | Large Language Models (LLMs) | MLOps | Agents | Cloud

Experience

• Engineering Director | Applied AI at Adyen
  Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  Leading an engineering organization bridging the gap between AI research and production AI. We build scalable, AI systems to solve high-dimensionality problems at scale.

• Member of Technical Board at Optiak
  Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  Member of the technical board of Optiak.

• AI Advisor at Tablevibe
  Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

  Strategic technical advisor to the Tablevibe CTO and tech team.

• Google ()
  • Engineering Leader | Cloud AI
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs

    Led the engineering of production-grade tooling for Google’s foundational models (Gemini, Gemma) and Vertex AI.

  • Head of AI Forward Deployed Engineering
    Oct 2019 - Jan 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Leading our APAC team of forward deployed engineers that working LLMs and Agents.

  • Machine Learning Lead EMEA
    Aug 2017 - Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Building and leading high-performing teams to tackle cutting-edge machine learning challenges.

• AI Mentor startups at Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia
  Oct 2019 - Oct 2025 · 6 yrs 1 mo

  Google AI Mentor for startups, fueling the growth of tomorrow's tech leaders.