Creative systems thinker.
Solutions architect for the enterprise.
Product manager for the AI era.

I help companies figure out their AI strategy: which agents to build, and how to tie them to business outcomes instead of optimizing one function at a time. The goal is AI investment that generates real value, not investments chasing hype. I've spent my career building systems where software meets physical operations, across automotive, high tech, healthcare, food & beverage, and aerospace & defense. Right now I'm the product manager for an AI tool that helps software-defined vehicles get certified for market.

  • 15+Years in enterprise transformation
  • $25MCapex avoidance from smart factory
  • 85%Reduction in manual reporting
Portrait of Stuart Trouton
Manager, Deloitte Consulting
Portfolio

Featured work

Three projects I've helped build, from vehicle certification to the factory floor.

Product management · Automotive

AI for vehicle homologation

I'm the product manager for an AI tool that speeds up homologation, the work of certifying a vehicle against the regulations of each market it ships into. I own the product vision and roadmap, and I spend most of my time between the engineering team building the tool and the clients using it. The tool uses AI to map regulations to requirements to test cases, so software-defined vehicles can get to market faster and stay compliant as they update over the air.

Requirements & traceability · Test-case generation · Regulatory intelligence · Software-defined vehicles

Framework design · Go-to-market

Agentic Cascade™ by Deloitte

I helped design the Agentic Cascade™ by Deloitte and now help take it to market. It's a framework for figuring out which AI agents a company should actually build, starting from the business outcome instead of from whichever function looks easiest to automate. I use it with clients to put structure around their AI investments, so the money goes toward things that can show a return.

AI strategy · Agent portfolio design · Business-outcome alignment

Agentic Cascade™ is a trademark of Deloitte.

Delivery lead · Manufacturing

Smart factory & asset intelligence

I led delivery of a factory asset intelligence program for a global foodservice manufacturer on the ThingWorx platform. My team installed and configured sensors across the production lines, and we turned that data into live dashboards the plants used to track machine health and overall equipment effectiveness. The program improved OEE by more than 10% and helped the client avoid $25M in capital expenditure.

OEE optimization · IoT sensors & historians · Factory dashboards

Experience

From jet engines to agentic AI

Engine testing at Boeing and GE Aviation, then fifteen-plus years at Deloitte. One firm, many sectors: client work spanning automotive, high tech, healthcare, food & beverage, agriculture, aerospace & defense, and the public sector.

  1. Recent · Deloitte

    Agentic AI & Software-Defined Vehicles

    Manager, Deloitte Consulting

    Product manager for an AI tool that accelerates vehicle homologation by connecting regulations, requirements, and test cases. Helps bring the Agentic Cascade™ by Deloitte to market and works with clients on software-defined vehicle programs.

  2. 2009 — Present

    Deloitte Consulting

    Manager · Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Digital Thread

    Leads cross-functional teams building data-driven enterprise solutions.

    • Supply-chain risk QA for a global cloud provider's data-center capacity network.
    • Global governance for a food & agriculture company's S/4HANA transformation.
    • Digital health delivery network manufacturing custom 3D-printed medical devices.
    • Five-year, $25M federal compliance program: 30+ engineers, >99% availability, 85% fewer ad-hoc reporting requests.
    • Proposal and statement-of-work leadership; delivery under FISMA and NIST 800-53.
  3. 2008

    GE Aviation

    Commercial Control Systems · GEnx Program

    Built a systematic approach to inject sensor faults in the GEnx-1B FADEC to certify the engine at its 75K thrust rating with updated combustor tech; analyzed data from the Peebles test facility and flying test bed.

  4. 2007

    Boeing

    Propulsion Systems · 777 Engine Controls

    Conducted GE90-115B engine testing for the 115BL2 thrust-bump rating on the 777 simulator and defined "Engine Autostart" procedures for the crew alerting system.

  5. Education

    University of Virginia

    B.S. Mechanical Engineering

    Minors in Materials Science Engineering and Aerospace Engineering.

Toolkit

What I work with

Domains

  • AI strategy
  • Agentic AI & governance
  • AI product management
  • Software-defined vehicles
  • Homologation & compliance
  • Digital thread & twin
  • Smart factory & IoT
  • Digital supply networks
  • Additive manufacturing

Platforms & tools

  • Claude & Claude Code
  • OpenAI Codex
  • Vertex AI & Gemini
  • PTC ThingWorx
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Tableau
  • National Instruments InsightCM
  • Kepware · Canary
  • SQL / ETL

Industries

  • Automotive & mobility
  • High tech
  • Healthcare & med device
  • Food & beverage
  • Aerospace & defense
  • Manufacturing
Writing, talks & demos

Published thinking

Contact

Get in touch.

I'm always up for a conversation about AI strategy, agents, and making them pay off in the real world.