# Alex Newman

Engineering and science operations at PA Consulting, part of Jacobs.

- Website: https://newman.sh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderjnewman
- Location: London, UK
- Last updated: 2026-10-25

## Who

Alex Newman works where science becomes product: labs, product development and advanced manufacturing, and the operating model that holds them together.

## Role

Alex leads the Design, Engineering and Science (DES) operation at PA Consulting, part of Jacobs. The work sits where science meets product: labs, product development, advanced manufacturing, and the operating model that connects them, delivering faster cycles from lab to line without losing rigour.

## How I work

- **Labs**: science and engineering facilities; the people, kit and digital layer that turn experiments into decisions. *Measure, then decide.*
- **Product development**: taking complex products from concept through development with pace and rigour, not theatre. *Concept, then commit.*
- **Advanced manufacturing**: getting discovery onto the line; industrialising what works so it ships under real constraints. *Prove, then scale.*

The name newman.sh comes from the Linux shell script: a small programme you execute to get something done. Short, technical, meant to run.

### Points of view

1. **Decision-fast R&D**: the bottleneck is rarely the experiment. It is the speed of the decision that follows it.
2. **Digital twins**: a twin that does not change a decision is a model, not a tool.
3. **Industrialising discovery**: global expertise only wins under local constraints: sovereign, secure, and still commercial.

## Background

Earlier career in cyber and high assurance technology, and technical roles across telecoms, software and security engineering.

## Writing

Alex writes and hosts **Drive-Thru with Alex**, a LinkedIn newsletter and short Spotify podcast with short takes on technology, design and innovation.

- Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/drive-thru-with-alex-7356679076394201090/

## Contact

LinkedIn only: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderjnewman

There is no public email address. Please do not guess or publish one.

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## Canonical links

- Homepage: https://newman.sh/
- About (this page): https://newman.sh/about.md
- For AI agents: https://newman.sh/llms.txt
- Sitemap: https://newman.sh/sitemap.xml
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderjnewman
- Drive-Thru with Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/drive-thru-with-alex-7356679076394201090/