Stephen Polyak, Ph.D
Vice President, Engineering and Data
Stephen Polyak has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, U.K. For the past 20 years, he has developed and designed many software components and applications across numerous organizations. Most recently he was with ACT, Inc. where he collaborated to develop ACTNext for assessing teamwork using immersive Situational Judgment Tests. There, he created the company’s first voice-based product and led agile teams of software developers, testers, data engineers, architects, and mid-level managers as part of the research and development unit.
Areas of Expertise
- Artificial intelligence
- Agile methodologies for software developers
- Mobile application and voice-based program design and development