Rcrysta Shaneih is a 5x award-winning AI/ML practitioner, international technology speaker, and PhD researcher specializing in AI infrastructure enablement, intelligent systems design and MLOps. She is celebrated for her ability to bridge the worlds of applied science, engineering, and enterprise-scale automation. Over the past decade, she has architected and led more than 100+ mission-critical AI/ML deployments across Fortune 500s, high-growth startups, and public sector environments spanning finance, supply chain and government.

At Ryder Systems Inc, Rcrysta serves as the Senior AI/ML Engineer, where she spearheads the design and deployment of predictive AI workflows, embedded ML systems, and large-scale data & AI infrastructures. Her work empowers cross-functional teams to translate complex challenges into intelligent, production-ready systems that drive measureable business impact.

Widely respected for formalizing cross-platform AI architectures, she brings a systems thinking approach to solution design, uniting precision engineering with strategic foresight. Her research and leadership continue to shape the future of scalable AI, earning her recognition as a thought leader in the convergence of automation, architecture and artificial intelligence.