Antony Henao

I work at the intersection of Organizational Development, Learning & Development, and Engineering.

My most notable achievements include:
- Led and scaled the Data Engineering Department at Factored (an AI Fund company backed by Andrew Ng), growing the team from 12 to 70 engineers.
- Managed a team of 14 direct reports and 70 indirect reports, including Engineering Managers and Individual contributors.
- Conducted 100+ interviews to identify top engineering talent across LATAM.
- Mentored 50+ engineers, guiding them through personalized career paths and goals.
- Led two data engineering training programs, training over 20 engineers 
- Designed the initial curriculum for the DeepLearning.AI - Coursera Data Engineering Specialization.

Beyond my work in engineering, I’m passionate about Writing, Philosophy, Buddhism, and Ethics. Some of my achievements include:

- Published 20+ technical articles on Medium, reaching ~500k views (https://ajhenaor.medium.com/).
- Founded The Utopian Engineering Society on Substack, where I share ideas to help engineers build meaningful and impactful careers (Link).
- Founded Echoes of Aliveness on Substack, where I explore themes related to life, mindfulness, philosophy, and Buddhism (Link).
- Featured by Parallax Press in The Mindfulness Bell (Link).