Ameet Sonalkar

Ameet is a Fractional CIO and Vice President of Technology & Innovation focused on helping manufacturers translate industrial AI research into production-ready systems. He works across AI/ML, manufacturing operations, and enterprise data infrastructure, with experience applying emerging technologies to production planning, sales order processing, quality workflows, and operational decision support. He advocates for rapid test-and-learn experimentation that helps manufacturers validate AI use cases, reduce deployment risk, and move beyond pilots toward scalable, production-critical AI systems.