Heri Martínez de Dios is an educator, civic leader, visual communicator, executive producer, entrepreneur, strategist, author of several publications in Puerto Rico, Vice-President and Dean of Technology and Marketing at Atlantic University College (AUC) – a university specializing in sciences and digital arts in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean-, and CEO & Founder at Gladius LLC.
He was interested in the arts from a young age, following steadily in the footsteps of his mother, Dr Teresa de Dios Unanue, co-founder and President of Atlantic University College.
As a lover of art and technology, Martínez de Dios has served as executive producer of several projects in the past years of his career such as: Super Coqui;[13] ProtoGojin goes to Atlantic College.
[14] He is currently working on a range of collaborative projects: animation, cell phone apps, TV programs, video games, commercials, books and short films, which will be developed under his direction and co-production, drawing on talent from Atlantic University College and the island of Puerto Rico in general.
These four (4) programs, which constituted a historical breakthrough in Puerto Rican education, together with the BA in Digital Graphic Design, running with great success for over a decade, are some of the country's most innovative and unique projects.
Also, in 2014, Martínez de Dios, in collaboration with other resources of Atlantic University College, managed to create the first Master of Science in Interactive Media Programming, first of its kind in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
In January 2016, Martinez de Dios was also recognized by the Sales and Marketing Executives Association of Puerto Rico, thus giving him the "Top Management Awards 2016" in the category of education.