Mary Hartwell, founder of Hartwell & Co.
“My face says it all. That should be the name of my autobiography.”
About Mary

Mary Hartwell

Global AI Governance & Data Strategy Advisor · Founder, Hartwell & Co.

I've spent my career helping organizations solve the problems that happen when technology moves faster than the organization around it.

AI has made the governance problems I've spent my career solving impossible to ignore.

Where I’ve built governance from zero

  1. United Technologies
  2. II-VI
  3. Axiall
  4. Syniti
  5. Hartwell & Co.

What I bring

  • Global data governance leadership
  • SAP / Master Data Management (MDM) / MDG
  • Data quality
  • Organizational change
  • Practice building
  • Executive advisory
  • Now: Enterprise AI governance
What I Believe

AI isn't a strategy.

Governance shouldn't be bureaucracy.

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.

Technology transformation without organizational change isn't transformation.

AI governance is ultimately about accountability.

Off the slide deck

Mary Hartwell in conversation over lunch with a client
The best strategy sessions happen over lunch.
Mary Hartwell preparing a presentation on a laptop during a flight
Slides get finished at 30,000 feet.
Mary Hartwell with a microphone on an executive panel
Happiest with a mic and a tough question.

Hartwell’d (verb)

To be let go in a workforce reduction after years of solid work, for reasons that had nothing to do with you.

If that’s you: what you know still matters, maybe more now than ever.

Bring this thinking to your organization

Tell me what's going on — I'll tell you where to start.

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