James (Jay) Kline, PE, LC, SA serves as a Digital Technologies Program Manager. He leads AI, Digital Twin, BIM, facilities management modernization, and other building technology adoption programs for clients with the intent to empower leaders in delivering facilities, managing asset portfolios, and making well-informed decisions to improve the built environment in which we live.

He directly supports federal, state, and local government in creating and maintaining programs that successfully leverage and implement building technology for higher quality, safer, more affordable, more sustainable living, and broad mission success. Jay has provided technology innovation business strategy for over a decade, with focuses in strategic capabilities planning, systematic architecture and ontology, data infrastructure, standards development, Scaled Agile (SAFe) project management, BIM adoption and maturity, training programs, knowledge management, and MEP engineering. His experience in developing agency-specific technical programs has empowered leaders to plan for and communicate value-driven outcomes while enabling agency individuals to work efficiently and influentially in their role in the AECO industry.

Jay is the staff lead for NIBS’s Digital Technology Council and subsequent committees, serves as chair of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) representing the US vote and guidance of the development of the ISO19650 standard among others, and serves as co-chair of the Buildings Committee and Executive Committee for the buildingSMART USA Chapter. Jay holds a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering and a Minor in Military Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states, certified Lighting Designer, certified in Agile project management Leading SAFe (SA), and continues to learn, grow, and engage through memberships to multiple industry organizations focused on leadership, technology, and engineering.