# The engineers behind Dealer Handshake.

[Canonical page](https://dealerhandshake.com/about/)

About Dealer Handshake

Alex and Andrei bring **25+ years** of combined engineering experience. Their work spans cloud infrastructure, automotive AI and engineering leadership at **Microsoft**, **Amazon Web Services**, **Lyft**, **EPAM** and **Space Auto**.

The founders

## Meet Alex and Andrei.

![Alex Yankouski](https://dealerhandshake.com/assets/founders/alex-yankouski.webp)

### Alex Yankouski

CEO & co-founder

12+ years in engineering

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yankouskia/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/yankouskia)

- **Engineering:** Architect at EPAM
Lyft and Cox Automotive
- **Automotive:** CIO at Space Auto
- **Open standards:** Founder of [Auto Agent Protocol](https://autoagentprotocol.org/)

Alex built AI for automotive sales at Space Auto. He brings that experience to the inventory connections and agent interfaces behind Dealer Handshake.

![Andrei Misiukevich](https://dealerhandshake.com/assets/founders/andrei-misiukevich.webp)

### Andrei Misiukevich

CTO & co-founder

12+ years in engineering

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrei-misiukevich-416589aa/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/AndreiMisiukevich)

- **Engineering:** Amazon Web Services
Microsoft, engineering contractor
- **Automotive:** CTO at Space Auto
- **Recognition:** 5× Microsoft MVP

Andrei built the engineering team at Space Auto. His work spans software delivery, dealership integrations and the systems that support them.

What we build

## Your systems. Connected to AI.

Dealer Handshake Inc. builds AI connections for car dealerships. Keep your website, inventory provider and CRM. We connect your vehicle data to compatible AI assistants and deliver shopper-approved inquiries to your team.

Our team created [Auto Agent Protocol](https://dealerhandshake.com/auto-agent-protocol/), an independently published open standard. We also operate [Car Handshake](https://dealerhandshake.com/car-handshake-marketplace/), where shoppers can search inventory from dealerships that authorize publication.

[Explore AI connections](https://dealerhandshake.com/inventory-connection/) [See the $299 package](https://dealerhandshake.com/pricing/)

## Talk through your dealership’s setup.

Bring your website, inventory provider and CRM. We’ll walk through the connection.

 [Request a demo](https://dealerhandshake.com/demo/)