Polonious Core Team

Alastair Steel
Co-CEO and Founder, Dip. Crim. (Polonious AU)
Alastair has more than 30 years of management experience gained in his various roles from his time at the State Fraud Squad, managing SIUs and as the owner of one of the nation’s largest Insurance Fraud Investigation firms. Alastair co-founded Polonious in 2004 and is Co-CEO of Polonious. He oversees Polonious expansion into new markets and is actively working on new global partnerships.

Stuart Guthrie
Co-CEO and Founder (Polonious AU)
Stuart has more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the IT industry and has created several successful startups in the past. With his extensive hands-on experience in most forms of information technology Stuart co-founded Polonious in 2004 and which now has many clients in Asia, Europe, USA and Australia/NZ. Stuart is Co-CEO and is the mastermind behind the Polonious product, always exploring the latest technologies to further improve user experience and increase productivity.

Nicholas Fisher
Senior Systems Configurer, ISO Systems Manager (Polonious AU)
After being a client of Polonious while working in the Student Discipline team at Curtin University in Perth, Nicholas joined Polonious as a systems configurer in 2017. He has since successfully completed many rollouts and also contributes to improving Polonious’ internal ISO processes. Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Western Australia.

Khushbu Patel
Business Analyst & Configuration expert (Polonious AU)
Khushbu joined Polonious team after she moved to Australia in 2016. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Sardar Patel University, India and since then has worked as a Software developer. After joining Polonious, Khushbu moved into a Business Analyst role and has successfully completed many client rollouts.

Nishith Jyala
Senior Software Developer (Polonious AU)
Nishith has over 15 years of experience in software development. She holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science. Before joining Polonious Nishith worked with Infosys and Computer Science Corporation as Senior Software Developer. Nishith joined Polonious team in 2016 as senior software developer and has worked on many core projects.