Summary
Rex Sumsion is a Director-level AI engineer with 8 years of experience building reliable, large-scale ML and data platforms and leading cross-functional teams. He combines a Georgia Tech MS in Computer Science (Machine Learning) with hands-on expertise in MLOps, LLMOps, DataOps, PySpark, Terraform, and AWS to deliver resilient SaaS RAG products and multi-cloud deployments. Rex led technical direction on an $80M+ AWS migration for a trillion-dollar asset manager and drove a 9x increase in delivery efficiency through automation and best practices. He’s known for zero-production-outage engineering of enterprise AI services and for designing AI agent architectures that are model-provider agnostic. Beyond technical delivery, he builds high-performing teams, aligns engineering with product strategy, and pioneers responsible-AI practices that improve model efficiency and data quality. Based in Utah, he pairs deep technical craft with mentorship and a practical focus on making AI systems auditable and production-ready.
9 years of coding experience