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Nicolas Heron

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Director, Research Engineering at Epic Games
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Nicolas is an accomplished Applied Science and Software Development Executive with over 20 years of experience in startups and at Amazon, now serving as Director of Research Engineering at Epic Games. His expertise lies in Generative AI, computer vision, and 3D modeling. Colleagues describe him as creative, extraordinarily talented, and knowledgeable.

He holds patents for machine learning systems that can extract a persons 3D body shape from images and even from behavioral data like shopping history.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Director, Research Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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Generative AI
His career includes leading a Visual GenAI team at Amazon and earning specializations in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), reflecting deep expertise in this domain.
Digital Humans
His work at Meshcapade, Body Labs (Amazon), and patents in body shape estimation show a strong focus on creating realistic 3D digital representations of people.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Director, Research Engineering
Epic Games
12-2023 - 2-2026
VP Eng / Wizard
Meshcapade
1-2021 - 12-2023
Senior Manager, Applied Science & Engineering - Fashion & Fitness
Amazon
2-2020 - 1-2021
Senior Manager, Science & Software Dev - Product Graph
Amazon
9-2017 - 2-2020
Senior Manager, Sofware Dev & Science - Body Labs
Amazon
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Education
1993 - 1996
Master's Degree
Institut supérieur d'électronique et du numérique
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