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Mark Presten

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Director of Field Engineering at Ambi Robotics
📍 Berkeley, California, United States

Mark Presten is the Director of Field Engineering at Ambi Robotics, where he has seen rapid career growth. He holds both a Masters and a Bachelors degree from UC Berkeleys College of Engineering, where he was a robotics researcher at the AUTOLAB, focusing on autonomous systems and AI.

His academic research centered on sustainable agriculture through robotics, leading the AlphaGarden team to develop automated systems for polyculture farming. This work involved creating novel hardware and algorithms for tasks like autonomous pruning and irrigation, blending AI with environmental science to solve real-world challenges.

Unique fact: Mark is the lead author on a research paper, "Automated Pruning of Polyculture Plants, " which won the Best Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Director of Field Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Berkeley, California, United States
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AI in Robotics
His career at Ambi Robotics and research at UC Berkeley's AUTOLAB has been dedicated to applying AI to solve complex, real-world robotics challenges in the supply chain.
Robotics Deployment
As Director of Field Engineering, he is responsible for the team that manages the successful implementation and support of Ambi's robotic systems in customer environments.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Director of Field Engineering
Ambi Robotics
11-2024 - 3-2026
Product Support Manager
Ambi Robotics
4-2023 - 11-2024
Lead Product Support Engineer
Ambi Robotics
3-2019 - 5-2022
Robotics-AI Research @ AUTOLAB
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
6-2018 - 8-2018
Project Analyst Intern
WRNS Studio
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Education
8-2021 - 5-2022
Master's degree
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Science - BS
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
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