Stephen Mordue · 10timesItAn independent proposal for MaintainX
For MaintainX · Head of AI for MaintainX

A hardware-plus-software AI leader to make MaintainX the intelligence layer for industrial operations inside Autodesk.

I'm Stephen Mordue, an AI-native product and technology leader in San Francisco with 15+ years across medical devices, B2B / B2C apps, and consumer electronics. I build AI applications that ship and move margins, and I'd like to do that as your Head of AI for MaintainX.

What I read about MaintainX

MaintainX serves more than 13,000 customers across 13.9M managed assets, joined Autodesk in August 2026, and is building Work, Asset, and GTM Intelligence with agentic AI and ML on sensor data. [1]

Three AI applications I'd start with

01

Frontline work agent

A voice-and-chat agent that turns a technician's description into a work order, parts pull, and SOP checklist, which I have built in call-center and manufacturing SOP automation.

Grounded in source [1]
02

Sensor-to-prescription models

Vibration and image models that move from anomaly alerts to prescriptive next steps, based on my sensor-fusion and neural-network work at Instabeat and Kenzen.

Grounded in source [1]
03

Design-make-operate feedback loop

Feed asset failure patterns back to Autodesk design tools so operational data improves the next design, which is Autodesk's stated lifecycle strategy.

Grounded in source [2]

Proof from my work

Also: early team at AliveCor (FDA 510(k) files, HIPAA), Stryker Endoscopy, Abbott Diabetes Care, and Micronics; VP of Product at Kenzen; 6 patents; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington. I work AI-native every day in Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Grok.

30 / 60 / 90

30 days

Listen and map

Meet the leaders who own the outcomes, inventory live AI efforts and data, and agree on 3 measurable target metrics. Ship one working prototype against a real workflow.

60 days

Prove value

Take the top use case to a production pilot with evals, guardrails, and a baseline. Publish a prioritized AI roadmap with build, buy, or partner calls for each capability.

90 days

Scale the system

Turn the pilot into a paved road other teams can reuse, report results in dollars and hours, and line up the next two bets with owners and dates.

Let's talk

If this is useful for the Sr. Director, MaintainX AI search or a related AI leadership need, I'd welcome 20 minutes.

Sources

  1. [1] MaintainX job posting: Sr. Director, MaintainX AI (Ashby)
  2. [2] MaintainX blog: MaintainX is joining Autodesk
An independent proposal prepared by Stephen Mordue (10timesIt LLC). Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MaintainX. Company names are used only to identify the company. Ideas are based on public information listed above.