About APEX EAI
Built by public-sector professionals, for public-sector professionals.
APEX Engineering AI spun off from APEX Environmental & Water Resources (EWR), with 3+ years of trusted agency work. Our founders' research has earned 7,000+ scientific citations, and our team combines NASA-grade AI expertise with licensed engineering practice inside California agencies.
Why agencies trust us
Public-Sector DNA
Spun off from APEX EWR, with 3+ years of trusted agency work across California.
AI Pilot Experience
AI project experience with the Orange County Water District, a current engagement with the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, and strong partnerships with leading public agencies.
AI from Insiders
Built by former NASA ML/AI scientists, public agency engineers, and environmental consultants.
Leadership
The team
Roohi Toosi, PE
Chief Executive Officer
- California Licensed Professional Engineer, 10+ years in environmental compliance and remediation
- Founder of APEX Environmental & Water Resources
- Board Director, Groundwater Resources Association of California
- Chair, 2024 GRA Western Groundwater Congress
- Frequent speaker on AI for water management
Omid Mazdiyasni, PhD
Chief Operating Officer
- Civil engineer — Caltrans and LA County Public Works
- Managed $75M+ public infrastructure projects as Resident Engineer at Caltrans
- 40+ peer-reviewed publications, 6,000+ citations in data-driven modeling
- PhD in Civil Engineering, UC Irvine — hydrology and complex systems
- Google Scholar
Ata Akbari, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
- Former Senior Machine Learning Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center
- Generative and probabilistic AI for Earth observation and wildfire detection
- Led foundation-model and multi-modal AI development for aviation safety and disaster response
- 8+ years building production-grade AI systems
Ramtin Yazdanian, PhD
Director
- PhD in Data Science, EPFL Switzerland
- Architect of large-scale RAG systems and end-to-end ML pipelines
- Designed scalable AI platforms processing 40,000+ videos across academic institutions
- Expert in backend AI infrastructure and distributed systems
- Silver Medalist, International Physics Olympiad