Brian Fending

I help organizations figure out the hard parts of AI adoption: governance that people actually follow, risk frameworks that don't sit on shelves, and enablement programs that get real tools into the hands of human workers. My core thesis is that governance without enablement creates policies nobody uses, and enablement without governance creates risk accumulation nobody tracks. Background: ~25 years in technology spanning hands-on development, security, enterprise architecture, and executive leadership. Former CIO at the American Association for Physician Leadership (10,000 members, 35 staff). CISM certified, ISO/IEC 42001 Practitioner. Currently writing a journal article on MCP server vulnerability patterns and separation of duties in multi-agent architectures. I can speak to: AI go...