Practice Lead, Secure, Responsible AI & Data Protection, Americas, Accenture
I have run technology as a CIO, built and shipped software as an engineer, owned security from the audit floor to the executive table, and now lead Accenture's Secure, Responsible AI and Data Protection practice across the Americas. Twenty years of that work share one thread: the gap between what an organization adopts and what it can actually control. This site is the portfolio. The resume is one page of it.
Four disciplines, one operating stance across all of them.
Technology is an operating discipline: a digital core that holds, a cost base you can defend, and a team that stays.
Build like it will be audited: explicit boundaries, tests that run against reality, and evidence before claims.
Security the business can move at: measured detection, fast remediation, and certifications passed on the first audit.
Adopt AI boldly, then close the gap between how fast you adopt it and how fast you can control it.
Platforms built, systems retired, programs certified, teams led.
Independent · 2025 to present
A multi-tenant Slack alternative in production at cinchme.app, with tenant isolation proven in the database, a browser suite run against the production image, and a release gate that refuses to promote traffic without evidence.
North Highland · 2014 to 2026
A multi-year transformation that retired 19 systems in favor of an integrated ERP, HRIS, PSA, finance, and CRM platform for a global consultancy.
North Highland · 2014 to 2026
Technology due diligence and post-deal integration for six acquisitions, turned into a playbook the firm could run at scale.
North Highland · 2014 to 2026
A risk and compliance program aligned to ISO 27001, HITRUST, HIPAA, GDPR, and UK Cyber Essentials that certified on the first pass and opened more than a billion dollars of revenue.
North Highland · 2014 to 2026
A global security foundation spanning cloud, network, data, and platform that cut mean time to detect by 75%, mean time to respond by 60%, and average vulnerability age from 45 days to 12.
Accenture · 2026 to present
Practice leadership across the US, Canada, and Latin America, helping enterprises adopt AI without outrunning their ability to secure it.
Long-form points of view on security, technology leadership, and AI.
Adoption is outrunning governance by a wide margin. The defining risk of this era is not an exotic zero-day. It is the debt between how fast we deploy AI and how slowly we learn to control it.
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CISOAttackers compressed breakout time to minutes and deleted the cost of expertise. You cannot defend a machine-speed adversary at human speed.
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CISOYou cannot guarantee a breach will not happen. You can decide how much it costs when it does. Encryption, tokenization, and minimization are blast-radius controls, not prevention controls.
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AIThe danger is not the AI. It is the gap between how fast you adopt it and how fast you can control it. Locate your organization on the model in 90 seconds.
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Two decades from penetration tester to CIO to practice lead.
Managing Director, Secure, Responsible AI & Data Protection Practice Lead for the Americas
•Lead the Secure, Responsible AI & Data Protection practice across the Americas (US, Canada, and LATAM), helping enterprises adopt AI safely while protecting the data underneath.
Chief Information Officer, Senior Managing Director, Security & Technology
•Led global technology operations across 5 countries and time zones, overseeing security, compliance, product development, infrastructure, data & analytics, and enterprise applications.
Director, Threat & Vulnerability Management
•Led the Threat & Vulnerability Management (TVM) program for one of the world's largest payment processors, transforming cyber risks into actionable data-driven insights.
Vice President, IT Audit Manager
•Led end-to-end technology audit engagements, including planning, scoping, risk assessment, control testing, results validation, and reporting.
Director, Information Security
•Established the first Information Security program for a leading SaaS travel provider, building a strong security foundation to protect global technology assets.
Information Protection Senior Associate
•Conducted and managed internal and external vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, leveraging both manual and automated tools.
Let's connect and explore opportunities
Interested in discussing securing AI adoption, AI-driven security operations, or data protection strategy? I'd love to connect.