Ryan Alimo - CEO Co-founder at OpalAI

Ryan Alimo

CEO Co-founder at OpalAI

Malibu, California, United States

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Ryan Alimo is a machine learning scientist and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building human-centric AI and autonomous systems, currently co-founder and CEO of OpalAI in Malibu. He combines deep expertise in nonlinear optimization, control theory, and pattern recognition with hands-on leadership of GenAI and automated digital-twin products funded by NASA, NSF, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Ryan’s research-to-product trajectory spans postdoctoral work on swarm spacecraft autonomy at Caltech, lead ML roles at JPL integrating derivative-free optimization into DSN scheduling, and commercialization of mission-critical aerospace and transportation solutions. He emphasizes augmented intelligence—designing algorithms that enhance human decision-making in embedded and cloud environments rather than replacing it. An MBA from UCLA Anderson complements his technical PhD background, enabling him to translate advanced research into funded programs and scalable ventures. He is driven by ambitious, long-horizon visions (including Mars colonization) while mentoring the next generation of autonomous-systems engineers.

11 years of coding experience

11 years of employment as a software developer

Master of Business Administration - MBA Entrepreneurial, Master of Business Administration - MBA Entrepreneurial at UCLA Anderson School of Management

University of California, San Diego

California Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology

Gold Medal of Olympiad Astronomy, Gold Medal of Olympiad Astronomy at Young Scholar Club

English, Persian

Github Skills (46)

statistics10

data-science9

python9

machine-learning9

unity3d9

data-analysis9

deep-reinforcement-learning8

scikit-learn8

reinforcement-learning8

decomposition8

nonlinear-optimization7

matlab7

deep-learning7

levenberg-marquardt7

structure-from-motion6

Programming languages (6)

C#C++ShellCythonMATLABPython

Github contributions (5)

salimoha/DOGS

Nov 2016 - Mar 2017

Contributions:49 commits, 54 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months

salimoha/Kriging_in_c

Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 11 months

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