Initiatives

Six threads of work. One arc.

Standards contribution, the Institute, government excellence assessment, Field Notes, professional community, and executive education.

Shaping the next generation of AI best practices

As a U.S. delegate to ISO/IEC SC 42, contributes to the international standards defining how AI will be governed worldwide, carrying what is decided in the drafting room straight into the Institute’s advisory work.

The 42001 Institute

The advisory arm of the work: certification readiness, internal audit program design, and executive advisory, so that when the auditors walk in, the answers are already in place.

Leading the UAE privacy community

As Chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (UAE Chapter), leads the region’s professional community for privacy and AI governance, developing privacy professionals and supporting DPOs across the region. Co-authored the AI Risk Management chapter of IAPP’s newly released AIGP textbook, contributing to the curriculum that trains the profession itself.

Government excellence assessment

Serves as an Excellence Assessor, evaluating innovation and AI maturity under strict confidentiality. That ground-level view across numerous assessments feeds directly into the Institute’s advisory practice.

Field Notes

A numbered series documenting ISO/IEC 42001 from the front lines. What audits reveal, where implementations stall, and how the standard is being interpreted by regulators and certification bodies as adoption accelerates.

Executive education

Structured training on ISO 42001 and AI governance, anchored by the CAIO Certification pathway, a three-tier program from foundation to Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, delivered with Copenhagen Compliance.