Author Profile

Preston Johnson, senior delivery manager at Novity, provides solutions for Industrial IoT with a focus on condition monitoring and predictive maintenance. Preston builds on 28 years in industrial instrumentation and machine condition monitoring systems at National Instruments, four years at Allied Reliability building predictive maintenance programs with digital technologies, and four years at CB Technologies bringing IT to predictive maintenance. He is an active member of the International Society of Automation's Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division (also known as SMIIoT), the newest and fastest-growing division of ISA aimed at helping members grow professionally and technically. 

Preston draws from his broad functional background in people and project management, technical and domain expertise in equipment monitoring applications, and business development to create and implement comprehensive business strategies for new product development, market introduction and growth. He works with business development and operations teams to deploy condition monitoring and predictive maintenance systems and services, reliability solutions, training and hardware/software systems that improve machinery uptime, reliability, sustainability and ultimately, production capacity. Preston has held roles in Applications Engineering, Field Sales, Sales Management, Product Management, Business Development, and Field Implementation and Training. 
 
At Novity, Preston led the delivery of TruPrognostics solutions including hardware and software for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance. Preston resides and works in Austin, Texas.  In his spare time, he enjoys his family, the outdoors and music.