Credentials

    Credentials

    Who you bring into your operation matters. Here is ours, in plain terms.

    Lesley Ward

    Lesley Ward

    Co-Founder

    Industry experience

    • 10+ years building and deploying AI systems in energy and industrial operations, including as a Forward Deployed Engineer at Shell
    • Work spanning predictive maintenance, document intelligence, compliance automation, and AI strategy for critical infrastructure

    Certifications

    • Shell e Certified GenAI Developer — issued by Shell, September 2024 (verify on Credly)
    • Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) — issued by ISC2, certified since 2025 (valid through December 2028)
    • AI Safety Atlas Fundamentals Sequence — AI Safety Collab, March 2026

    Additional training

    • Anthropic training: Agent Skills, Subagents, Claude Code in Action
    • MLOps & deployment certifications (Azure ML, model deployment)
    Tyler Ward

    Tyler Ward

    Founder

    Industry experience

    • Former directional driller at SLB — years inside the operations Novanix now serves
    • Petroleum engineering background
    • 6+ years as a software engineer at a major technology company

    The firm

    • Team members have built AI products used by Fortune 500 companies

    NOVANIX® is a registered U.S. service mark, Registration No. 8402277, International Class 042, registered August 18, 2026.