James is Co-Founder and CEO of Solitude Labs, an OT/ICS cybersecurity company building edge-native, decentralized zero-trust security for critical infrastructure—energy, oil & gas, pipelines, smart meters, and water utilities. Solitude Labs operates out of NextEra’s Juno Beach headquarters through the 35 Mules innovation program. Rather than the detection-first approach of legacy incumbents, Solitude delivers identity-first protection at the edge, giving operators a cryptographic foundation for the systems that run modern infrastructure.