AI Governance & Strategy Consulting

AI governance isn't a project.
It's how you protect the business you're building.

A practical framework for SMBs ready to adopt AI responsibly — without the enterprise price tag or the enterprise complexity.

30+ years across IT infrastructure Financial-services regulated-environment roots Business + CS degrees Built for SMBs, not enterprise budgets
The reality most businesses face

AI is moving faster than your ability to manage it.

Staff using AI tools with no oversight or policy

Vendor contracts written entirely in the vendor's favor

No clear owner when something goes wrong

Compliance exposure building quietly in the background

Most companies don't discover their AI risks until they become AI problems.
The gap between moving fast and moving smart is exactly where governance lives.
The strategic case

Governance isn't about slowing down.
It's about not having to stop.

Every company that has stumbled publicly with AI made the same mistake — they moved before they had guardrails. Governance is what lets you move confidently and keep moving.

Accountability

Clear ownership of every AI decision — before regulators, customers, or the press asks who's responsible.

Risk reduction

Identify the exposure in your AI tools, vendors, and workflows before it becomes a liability.

Trust

Clients, partners, and employees need to know your AI works for them — not around them.

What I deliver

Six things every SMB needs to govern AI properly.

1

AI lifecycle governance

Protocols for selecting, deploying, monitoring, and retiring AI tools — nothing slips through.

2

Regulatory compliance readiness

GDPR, CCPA, industry requirements — mapped to your operations, not a generic checklist.

3

AI policy development

Plain-language policies your team will actually follow — built around your business.

4

Vendor contract structuring

AI contracts negotiated in your favor. Data rights, liability, exit terms, SLAs. You won't sign whatever you're handed.

5

Risk & bias management

Find where your AI models can fail or create liability — and put controls in before they do.

6

Generative AI governance

Specific safeguards for GenAI — data usage, output quality, content risk. General policies don't cover it.

Free interactive tools

See where you stand in five minutes.

Four quick self-service tools built from the same frameworks I use with clients. No login. Your answers stay in your browser — you choose whether to send them to me.

A starting point, not a verdict. These tools give a fast, directional read to open a conversation — they are not a formal assessment, audit, compliance determination, or legal advice, and no results are guaranteed.
The difference

You don't need a big firm.
You need the right person.

  • 30+ years across IT infrastructure — I've seen what breaks.
  • Financial-services background — I understand regulated environments.
  • Business + CS degrees — strategy and implementation, not just advice.
  • Built for SMBs — executive-level thinking at a scale that fits your business.
Never have so many companies owed so much of their future to decisions being made right now about AI.
The companies that govern AI well today won't have to recover from it tomorrow.
Start here

Start with a conversation,
not a contract.

A 45-minute working session to assess where your AI governance gaps are and what it would take to close them. No obligation. No sales pitch. Just clarity.

Book your session

Tell me a little about your situation. I'll reply within 48 hours.

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