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James Fort is listed as Research Product Manager at Meta, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at amazon.com, phone signal with area code 316, and a matched LinkedIn profile for James Fort.
James Fort previously worked as Staff Product Manager, Technical at Unity and Senior Product Manager, Simulation and Computer Vision at Unity. James Fort holds Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering from University Of Michigan.
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Track Record: James has a 16-year success record in applied modeling & simulation, engineering team management, technical program management, technical product management, technical marketing, and business development. His most impactful career achievements include 1) end-to-end technical execution of the launch of Amazon Echo Spot and the associated Alexa Multimodal Services in seven countries (2017 – 2018), 2) product management and business development for the Dassault Systèmes enterprise simulation solutions for Additive Manufacturing and 3D-printing with example customers including Airbus, GE Aviation, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2015 – 2016), and 3) development and application of the simulation methods used for flightworthiness certification of the most critical composite structural components of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner (2010 – 2013).Core Competencies: James is expert in mathematics-based modeling & simulation techniques with hands-on industry experience solving engineering problems in the domains of Natural Language Processing, Domain Classification, Structural Design Optimization, Nonlinear Structural Failure Analysis, Acoustics & Vibration, Fluid-Structure Interactions, and Heat Transfer. He manages teams of PhD and Masters-level applied scientists and software engineers. He will dive into any level of detail to optimize customer experience and maximize program velocity. He positions himself as the primary point of contact for networks of internal stakeholders and external partners. He operates decisively, acting as a trusted partner for leadership in a diversely opinionated environment with competing objectives. He builds alignment on complex product roadmaps. He innovates by actively maintaining a view of relevant technology frontiers in research and industry and drives advancements by articulating and leveraging the organization’s unique strengths.
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Menlo Park, Ca, Us
I'm a Research Product Manager at Meta Reality Labs. I am responsible for the Aria Research Kit, empowering the world's leading academic and industrial researchers to push the state of the art in augmented reality, egocentric computer vision, and contextual AI.
San Francisco, Us
Bringing Unity's Technology Portfolio to the Cloud
Seattle, Wa, Us
I program manage the development and delivery of the deep learning (neural network) models that power Alexa's search and ranking capabilities. I'm proud to have joined a team of eight applied scientists and an accomplished science manager that specialize in Natural Language Processing (NLP), as well as a large team of computer scientists that build infrastructure for runtime deployment of these systems. The model model architectures that the team develops are described in detail in the following public blog post.
Seattle, Wa, Us
Responsibilities:• Launch TPM for Echo multimodal (visual and voice) devices in all international marketplaces on the ‘17/’18 roadmap• Drove execution for all Alexa and Echo technical dependencies, including Device Software, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Text to Speech (TTS), domain feature software services, Mobile App, and Alexa Operating System• Document owner for a comprehensive monthly program review for Amazon Senior VPs Dave Limp and Tom Taylor covering all aspects of Alexa international expansion across the Amazon organization with 50+ contributing teams• Owned definition and execution for all program milestones: schedule commitment, infrastructure readiness, beta start, code complete, announce, and launch• Worked closely with product teams to develop crisp requirements per feature, marketplace, and device to ensure international customer experiences at parity with USAchievements:• Launched Echo Spot in India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, and Japan resulting in an average product rating of 4/5 Stars on Amazon’s retail page and less than 1-month delivery delay versus original schedule definition in just 2 locales • Authored four comprehensive program review documents for senior leadership covering diverse topics including product announce decisions, launch readiness decisions, program/device schedule commitments, organizational risks with key dependencies, and updates in portfolio planning• Drove escalations with Device SW, Device Operations, and In- country Management for customer experience design issues discovered late in the Echo Spot program, securing just-in-time product improvements and maintaining launch dates• Defined the Alexa Preview program with senior leadership to expand the scope of Alexa’s pre-launch exposure and increase usage for spoken language understanding model training and feature improvement
Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr
Responsibilities:• Owned simulation Go-to-Market strategy, industry requirements, and technical marketing collateral for 2 of the company’s 12 industry segments (Aerospace & Defense, Marine & Offshore), representing $10's of Millions in annual revenue.• Managed a global team of four applied scientists with advanced degrees and an average of 18 years of experience • Managed industry partner relationships for strategic technologies and consulted leadership through M&A process • Owned strategic planning for industry conference publications across global commercial and academic venuesAchievements:• Integrated structural, fluid, and electromagnetic simulation models into a parametric design of a composite drone manufactured by the National Institute of Aviation Research• Demonstrated these simulation methods in a fully-immersive virtual reality cave for an audience of 100+ aerospace executives, leading to 12 new enterprise prospects with sales opportunities of ~$1M per prospect.• Organized and executed collaborative workshops between industry experts and applied scientists to build solution development roadmap, resulting in 10 product enhancements
Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr
Responsibilities:• Owned technical roadmap and business growth strategy for thermal-structural simulation and design optimization products for high-end industrial 3D-printing• Performed market research to define development and industry engagement roadmap through literature review and engagement with R&D leaders in academia and industry• Worked with key customers to define solution requirements from manufacturing challenges and translate into computational problem definitions• Managed a community of 15 early adopter super-user customers to critically review early product iterations and feed development requirements• Program managed business development activities with sales teams in North America, Europe, and Asia• Evangelized product offering through public conference presentations, blog posts, e-seminars, and road showsAchievements:• Designed requirements for a highly nonlinear thermal- mechanical simulation method with an evolving boundary and an optimization product handling unique 3D-printing constraints• Created a sales pipeline of 75+ customers corresponding to $6M in possible revenue growth for 2016• Drove $2M in revenue growth in 2016 (100% of target)• Developed 3-year product roadmap for 3D-Printing simulation and secured CTO and cross-department alignment• Negotiated and wrote two cooperative research agreements with government research labs in the US and Singapore to define research programs to validate simulation with tests• Signed partnerships with two external technology providers to extend our solution into adjacent application areas• Delivered 200+ presentations at customer sites and through e- seminars, wrote three blog posts, and held five public talks at internal and external conferences
Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr
Responsibilities:• Managed technology and business execution for a strategic group of key Aerospace customers worldwide• Evaluated simulation tooling and workflow landscape in customer organizations to design engagement plans to advance the usage of computational methods• Managed strategic industry partnerships, including collaborative development of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) technical proposals• Developed new simulation workflows to demonstrate technology capabilities for pre-sales and marketing activitiesAchievements:• Drove $550K revenue growth across accounts in 2014• Developed a fluid-structural simulation method for airplane emergency water landing to predict dynamic suction forces• Jointly published a simulation method with industry partner for the coupling of structural mechanics and fluid dynamics solvers to predict allowable free-play in wing flap mechanism deployment during airplane flight• Successfully negotiated and restructured strategic partner relationship with company president to collect fair value in exchange for software
Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr
Responsibilities:• Managed all aspects of training business for Western North America and instructed a broad range of training courses in nonlinear structural analysis, acoustics and vibration, heat transfer, fluid-structure interactions, and Python automation • Developed and negotiated Statements of Work with customers for custom training and consulting• Provided in-depth technical consulting to develop simulations for customers in Western North AmericaAchievements:• Realized $393K training revenue in 2013, representing 15% growth from 2012• Developed an automated simulation method using Python for consumer electronics drop test for high tech customer using explicit dynamics and parametric optimization techniques• Wrote a Python tool to approximate the deformation shape of electronic chips under thermal loading using radial basis function surface reconstruction techniques
Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr
Responsibilities:• Simulation methods development for the structurally critical center wing box of the 787-8 and 787-9 airplane programs• Defined simulation methods and automation tools for facture mechanics analysis of composite layups in load- bearing beams spanning the width of the aircraft• Project managed and supported a team of 20+ structural analysts executing workflows with the developed methods • Interfaced with multiple sub-organizations across the enterprise to align on methodologies for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificationAchievements:• Achieved test-verification and FAA approval of both the developed modeling methods and all simulation results• Produced $350K in consulting revenue for DS on an annual basis for three years in a row• Executed thousands of simulations on high-performance compute clusters and post-processed simulation results to produce reduced-order models with polynomial fitting techniques • Developed a simulation method to predict assembly of out-of- tolerance airplane sections delivered from various suppliers, addressing program-critical manufacturing concerns
Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr
Responsibilities:• Provided technical support, consulting services, and training to automotive OEMs and suppliers, solving a broad range of engineering problems• On-site consultant at an automotive supplier developing thermo-mechanical simulation methods for analysis of heavy truck exhaust systems• Acoustics and Vibration lead for the regional office, teaching theory and application courses for customersAchievements:• Developed a coupled structural-acoustic workflow to predict resonance in an automotive fuel rail• Developed a method for estimation of acoustic sound power levels in automotive engines operating at various speeds• Developed a smoothing algorithm in Python to pre-process rubber gasket material data measured from physical test for appropriate nonlinear convergence behavior in computational simulation models
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James Fort holds Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering from University Of Michigan.
James Fort is listed with skills including Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Abaqus, Mechanics, Project Management, Catia, Product Management, and Computer Simulation.
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