Beyond Limits Appoints Mark L. James as New CTO

Beyond Limits (BL) today announced it has appointed former Jet Propulsion Laboratory principal investigator and expert AI researcher Mark L. James as its new chief technology officer and executive director of BL Labs. Beyond Limits, which launched in 2014, is a leader in AI and cognitive computing and was created to commercialize cutting-edge IP developed by the team after more than 20 years of success supporting NASA and the space program.

In his new role, James will lead the company’s delivery of industrial-grade AI software, previously used in deep space exploration missions, to combine human knowledge with machine learning for companies in a range of industries.

Prior to joining Beyond Limits, Mark was a member of the reasoning, modeling, and simulation group in the flight software and data systems section of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he was principal investigator and task manager for artificial intelligence and opportunistic data fusion, where he helped develop and test the advanced human cognition platform that serves as the basis of Beyond Limit’s AI platform, known as Sherlock.

“As Beyond Limits continues to provide the most cutting edge in AI solutions, we see no better person to lead our efforts than the man instrumental in the creation of the technology from which our AI is derived,” said AJ Abdallat, CEO of Beyond Limits. “Mark has helped create dynamic, flexible, and light technology that allowed unmanned exploration in space, and will likewise help the Beyond Limits team bring automated solutions to complex and challenging commercial and industrial problems here on earth.”