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John Harrington

John Harrington is the chief product officer at HighByte, focused on product management, customer and partner success, and company strategy. His areas of responsibility include market research, customer use cases, product priorities, go-to-market, and financial planning.

John is passionate about delivering technology that improves productivity and safety in manufacturing and industrial environments. He has spent his 25-year career both delivering software to manufacturers and working for manufacturers in operations roles. This experience has given him a unique perspective on how suppliers and end users each play an integral role in implementing new technology solutions. 
 
John has a Master's of Business Administration from Babson College and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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    How Data Maturity Brings Industrial AI Agents Within Reach

    Manufacturers can build a foundational data infrastructure that enables them to adopt agents faster and with less outright risk.
    By: John Harrington
    27 April, 2026 | 4 minutes
    Sponsored By HighByte
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    The Power of Payloads in Your Unified Namespace

    The Unified Namespace (UNS) is among the fastest-growing data architecture patterns for Industry 4.0, promising easy publish-subscribe access to hierarchically structured industrial data.
    By: HighByte, John Harrington
    16 October, 2023 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By HighByte
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    DataOps for Manufacturing: A 4-stage Maturity Model

    DataOps solutions are necessary in manufacturing environments where business users need to leverage data aggregated from industrial automation assets and systems for different purposes throughout the company and supply chain.
    By: HighByte, John Harrington
    16 March, 2023 | 2 minutes
    Sponsored By HighByte
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    AWS Made Easy: Four Intelligence Hub Use Cases

    Cloud services have become a key enabling tool in digital transformation because of their ability to store, process and analyze large amounts of data in a centralized location.
    By: HighByte, John Harrington
    26 May, 2022 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By HighByte
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    6 Signs Your Facility Needs Industrial DataOps

    Here’s a closer look at the top six signs it’s time to consider an Industrial DataOps architecture for your company.
    By: HighByte, John Harrington
    09 August, 2020 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By HighByte
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