Mary Hartwell · AI & Data Governance Advisor AI is moving fast. Is your organization actually ready for it?
I help leaders put the governance, data, accountability and operating structure behind AI — so innovation can move forward without the organization guessing its way through it.
- Data Governance
- AI Governance
- AI Strategy
- AI Readiness
- Responsible AI
- AI Risk & Compliance
- Data Quality
- Operating Model
- AI Adoption & Change
Built governance from zero at
- United Technologies
- II-VI
- Axiall
- Syniti
Recognized by Influential Women
Read the post on LinkedIn →“This recognition isn’t about a title or a badge. It’s about every difficult conversation… Every time I chose integrity over the easy answer… Every executive who trusted me to help navigate complex transformations.”
AI isn't a strategy.
Bad data doesn't become good data because you fed it to AI.
If you can't trace AI value to a measurable business outcome, don't call it ROI.
What problem are you trying to solve?
Pick the one that sounds most like your organization.
Latest thinking
My newest post and podcast conversation.
Who Is Minding the Farm, Part Deux!
If you were laid off recently: what you know still matters, maybe more now than it was a year ago.
Read on LinkedIn → All posts & episodes →
AI Will Not Fix the Data Problems You Never Solved
A full conversation with Billy Thomas on data ownership, shadow AI, hallucinations and why AI can’t fix problems you never solved. 47 minutes.
More on the episode →Signature keynotes
Bring one of these to your stage.
Not sure what you need? Start with three questions.
- Do you know where AI is being used across your organization?
- Do you trust the data feeding it?
- Can you prove the business value it's creating?
If any answer is "not really," that's where we start. I'll tell you what the evidence says — not what's easiest to sell you.
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