James Newman

Jim joined MSAI in January 2026 as Senior Director of Product Enablement, leading product strategy, positioning, and go-to-market, and was promoted to Vice President of Strategy and Product in June 2026. With over 25 years of experience driving operational performance improvement across the manufacturing and industrial space, Jim has built a career at the intersection of AI, reliability, and production health. Jim held progressive leadership roles at Augury, where he built and led product marketing for AI-driven machine and process health solutions and most recently served as Head of Product and Portfolio Marketing. Earlier in his career, he served as General Manager and Vice President of Caterpillar Asset Intelligence at Caterpillar Inc. and Senior Director – Asset Performance for Bentley Systems. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University.