Wayne Polatkan
Founder at Tuloy
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWayne Polatkan is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of experience applying AI and software engineering across aerospace, robotics, nuclear, and materials science domains. Currently building Generative AI platforms at Capital One and serving as CEO of Tuloy, he blends product leadership with hands-on model and system development. His background includes leading weapon-target pairing AI and autonomous vehicle telemetry at Robotic Research, contributing to fast.ai, and exploring quantum vs classical approaches on medical data. Based in the New York City area, he pairs domain depth from aerospace informatics and materials studies with practical ML deployment experience. Notably, his career bridges research and applied engineering—moving ideas from fast.ai experiments and academic visits into mission-focused systems and startups.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Aerospace, Informatics, Electronics, Nuclear Engineering, Materials, Aerospace, Informatics, Electronics, Nuclear Engineering, Materials at IndependentBachelor of Arts, Political Science, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science at Seton Hall UniversitySummer Studies Program, Physics, Calculus, European Union Government, Summer Studies Program, Physics, Calculus, European Union Government at Boğaziçi University
English, Russian, Turkish, chechen
Github Skills (34)
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
python-modules10
fastai10
documentation-generator10
deep-learning10
gpu10
pypi10
nbdev10
jupyter9
developer-tools9
swift9
literate-programming9
jupyter-notebook8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
WNoxchi/alphazero
Feb 2024 - Mar 2026
Contributions:12 PRs, 27 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years
WNoxchi/CodeDeshar
Dec 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:414 commits, 419 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
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