Otso Rasimus
Head Of AI at Rocket Lab
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolOtso Rasimus is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur, currently guiding Rocket Lab's software practice as Team Lead - Business Automation Software and, since 2025, Head of AI, where he blends space-grade engineering with AI-powered automation. He co-founded Valohai and built the MLOps platform from scratch to become a leading solution over six years, while also shaping product, deployment automation, and customer success as CIO. His career spans founding Jalomieli and consulting as a software engineer at Reaktor and Mentor Graphics, delivering full-stack web, backend, and tooling across diverse technologies. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, he combines hands-on coding depth with DevOps discipline and a track record of turning ambitious ideas into scalable products and teams. Outside work, he volunteers with Sea-Air Rescue and pursues interests in space, AI, and talks, sharing lessons from building two startups and scaling ML-driven platforms.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of TurkuInformation Technology and Media, Information Technology and Media at Kupittaan lukioBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Helsinki
English, Finnish, German, Swedish, Japanese
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Github Skills (40)
tensorflow210
machine-learning9
api9
parser8
tensorflow8
quest8
gate7
yaml7
command-line7
deep-learning7
depth6
cli6
customisation6
mnist6
starcraft6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
valohai/aws-hybrid-workers-cloudformation
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Instructions and a CloudFormation template for easy setup of AWS Private Workers
Contributions:7 reviews, 6 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 2 months
instructionseasy-setupworkersawscloudformation-template
orasimus/tensorflow-example
Dec 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:15 pushes, 4 branches, 1 tag in 3 years
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