I lead enterprise AI, data strategy, and digital transformation for highly regulated global organizations—from defense and national security to telecommunications and critical infrastructure. With 15 years of experience spanning classified operations, global technology diplomacy, and enterprise modernization, I serve as the translation layer between heavy-industry engineering realities and C-suite vision.
CISSP · PMP · PMI-ACP · Executive Ph.D. candidate, Virginia Tech (Fall 2026)
As AI systems evolve from static models to autonomous agents—writing to systems of record, modifying access controls, integrating with industrial hardware—the central enterprise challenge is no longer capability. It is governance at scale, and the data architecture beneath it. Without sound platform foundations, governance is policy without plumbing; without enforceable governance, platforms generate risk at the speed of automation.
I design the architectures that solve both. I authored the Human-in-Command governance framework and the MV-HIC evidence standard to establish the enforceable boundaries required for audit-ready delegated action. This is the work that organizations increasingly need at the top of the house—the VP of AI mandate, the Chief AI Officer (CAIO) charter, the standing AI Governance Board. By solving liability and compliance at the control plane, and building the data infrastructure that feeds it, my work turns rigorous governance into a velocity enabler for the business.
Career
My professional trajectory runs from classified operations to enterprise leadership. I began as an IT specialist working at U.S. Embassies across East Asia, transitioned to the U.S. Navy as a cryptologic operator in signals intelligence, and have spent the past decade building and leading AI and data practices across the defense and federal sectors.
This arc—from tactical collection to strategic architecture—informs everything I design. I have operated in environments where system failures have consequences that extend well beyond the enterprise, and I build accordingly.
Education
Executive Ph.D. (in progress, beginning Fall 2026)
Virginia Tech
Executive M.A., Global Affairs & Management
Arizona State University / Thunderbird School of Global Management
B.S., Computer Science
University of Hawaiʻi
Certifications
CISSP (ISC2) · PMP (PMI) · PMI-ACP (PMI)