Summary
Wayne 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
1 year of employment as a software developer
Aerospace Informatics Electronics Nuclear Engineering Materials, Aerospace Informatics Electronics Nuclear Engineering Materials at Independent
Bachelor of Arts Political Science, Bachelor of Arts Political Science at Seton Hall University
Summer Studies Program Physics Calculus European Union Government, Summer Studies Program Physics Calculus European Union Government at Boğaziçi University
English, Russian, Turkish, chechen