James A Lang
James A Lang, AI non-executive directorLeaders are responsible for AI decisions they did not build.
Military leader for 22 years. Founder of two companies. Now I help boards and founders protect their investment in AI.
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The AI leader at the planning table. Three questions your board cannot yet answer, and what I bring to the table. Put the question at the table →02 Book
Resilience buys the right to be wrong. The Right to Be Wrong: Human Judgment in a World of AI. Seven chapters, tested in public. Join the launch list →03 Talks
Science wins the argument. Art wins the decision. Keynotes and board briefings on leadership in a world of AI. Watch the talk →- 22 years in the British Army. Stood up the Army's Cyber Protection Team.
- 65 people on Cyber Mission Data, grown from a team of four, as the Ministry of Defence's first Cybersecurity AI Product Manager.
- 3 sectors known from the inside: critical national infrastructure, defence, government.
About James A Lang
James A Lang is an AI non-executive director based in Bath, England.
He served 22 years in the British Army, where he built things that did not exist before: the Army's first deployable systems engineers, its Cyber Protection Team, and the first AI cyber security systems deployed to the edge.
He then left uniform to build. As the Ministry of Defence's first Cybersecurity AI Product Manager, he shaped Cyber Mission Data, its big data AI platform, and grew it from four people to a programme of 65. He then co-founded Kaze and served on its board as a director. He also built the Vulnerability Management Support Team, pairing human analysts with machines to find and fix weaknesses at scale. He then stepped out to found Velinor, an AI governance consultancy, with Ben Brand. Velinor has worked with the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office and UK Fusion Energy.
He now advises boards where AI can have a significant impact on the company, and is writing The Right to Be Wrong: Human Judgment in a World of AI.