Rayees Dar

Background

About Rayees Dar

Director of AI Services | PhD in Machine Learning & AI | Former AcademicI design and lead the development of production-grade AI systems spanning LLMs, NLP, computer vision, and intelligent data platforms. With a PhD focused on neural text summarization and over 5 years in university teaching and research, my foundation in AI is deeply technical and research-driven.I started my professional journey in academia, teaching Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and AI while supervising research and industry-aligned projects. I later transitioned into industry as a Data Scientist, where I began applying research ideas to real-world constraints - scale, latency, governance, and reliability.Today, as Director of AI Services, I- Architect LLM-based search, QA, and knowledge copilots- Build AI-driven ETL and analytics systems for structured & unstructured data- Lead cross-functional teams from ideation to production deployment- Design AI systems with strong governance, evaluation, and risk controlsMy work sits at the intersection of research depth and engineering pragmatism - turning state-of-the-art models into systems that organizations can actually trust and use.