Jake Umbrage leads Partner and Forward Deployed Engineering at Worlds, where he helps customers and partners harness real-time AI systems that bridge the physical and digital worlds. With over a decade of experience across R&D, hardware, and machine learning, Jake has built and led cross-functional teams that delivered top-selling IoT products and deployed edge-to-cloud AI pipelines in production. Prior to Worlds, he served as Senior Director of R&D at Rest (formerly NoiseAware), where his team dramatically improved model performance and product cost efficiency. A former Navy Petty Officer turned engineer, Jake thrives at the intersection of hardware innovation, agentic AI, and scalable product delivery. His passion lies in building pragmatic systems that solve real-world problems—and the teams that bring them to life.
