Summary
Alex Polonsky is a product manager specializing in robotics and machine learning with nine years of experience turning AI research into profitable, deployable products for the automotive industry. At Brose Group he built and scaled a data science team, launched the company's first globally adopted ML business model for top-selling products, and secured funding to commercialize intelligent vehicle interior systems. He also founded and grew the Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group into a 1,000+ member community that produced award-winning robotics projects and global partnerships for autonomous farming and mobility solutions. With an MBA in Business Analytics and a mechanical engineering background, he blends systems-level engineering, product strategy, and go-to-market execution to move ideas from prototype to revenue. Notably, his career spans hands-on test engineering and space-flight related research at NASA, reflecting an uncommon mix of lab rigor and commercial productization.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at San Francisco State University
Self-Driving Car Nanodegree Program, Robotics, Self-Driving Car Nanodegree Program, Robotics at Udacity
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Analytics, Strategy, Operations, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Analytics, Strategy, Operations at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
High School, High School at St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Russian, English