Summary
Ray K is an AI/ML leader and Principal Software Engineer based in Redwood City with a decade-plus career building production-grade machine learning systems across enterprise and research settings. He currently leads development of HP AI Studio, unifying data pipelines, RLHF-enabled LLM alignment, agentic AI, and secure deployment across cloud, edge, and on-prem environments. Previously he led ML modernization and HIPAA-compliant ML deployments at AWS, contributed computer vision and AR modules at Huawei, and published academic work on sparse coding and tracking during a research tenure at the University of Miami. Known for bridging deep research (PhD-level signal processing and ML) with pragmatic engineering, he combines MLOps, vector search, and model lifecycle tooling expertise to make complex AI workflows reproducible and auditable. He also teaches data science at the graduate level, reflecting a knack for translating cutting-edge techniques into usable products and curricula.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Miami
Machine Learning, Machine Learning at Stanford University
English