Help boards and executive teams govern AI with greater clarity, accountability, and confidence. Tyson Martin provides practical AI risk governance, decision-rights frameworks, board reporting, policy support, and executive guidance designed for organizations adopting AI faster than they can oversee it. Build a defensible governance posture without slowing responsible innovation or requiring your team to become technical experts.
Practical advisory services that help boards and executives oversee AI adoption, risk, accountability, and decision-making.
Establish ongoing AI oversight through risk registers, decision-rights mapping, board-ready reporting, employee policies, generative-AI guidance, and quarterly governance reviews. This service does not build, deploy, or tune AI models.
Move from no formal AI governance to a working framework through a fixed-fee sprint covering an AI risk assessment, decision-rights map, one-page board policy, and facilitated director briefing.
Define and document the thresholds at which technology and cyber risk becomes unacceptable, supported by board metrics, decision rights, oversight mechanisms, and an annual review cadence.
Receive an independent voice on AI, cyber, and technology risk through plain-English reporting, between-meeting advisory access, CISO-reporting validation, and monitoring of regulatory and threat developments.
Use a structured workshop to review cyber and AI oversight, identify the most dangerous governance gaps, and create a board action plan with practical priorities and accountable owners.
Translate technical cyber and AI issues into business impact with a concise board update, metrics dictionary, recurring reporting cadence, and support for stronger CISO-to-board communication.
AI adoption can move faster than governance, leaving boards and executives uncertain about accountability, employee use, generative-AI exposure, and emerging regulatory expectations. Tyson Martin helps create an inspectable framework with an AI risk register, clear decision rights, board-ready reporting, and usable policy templates. The result is clearer oversight, more executable priorities, and responsible innovation without technical implementation work.
Board-focused guidance that turns complex AI and cyber risk into decisions, accountability, and visible progress.
"We recently worked with Tyson Martin on an engagement, and it was a great experience. He helped us run a full technical audit, identified key gaps, and created a clear plan to modernize our systems and processes. Tyson is hands-on, easy to work with, and brings real technical and leadership..."
"Tyson's impact has been immediately clear. Before working with him, we were struggling with outdated processes that created inefficiencies across our organization, and his unbiased third party perspective helped us quickly identify issues and develop a clear, actionable plan for improvement. Based on our experience so far, I would recommend..."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"We recently worked with Tyson Martin on an engagement, and it was a great experience. He helped us run a full technical audit, identified key gaps, and created a clear plan to modernize our systems and processes. Tyson is hands-on, easy to work with, and brings real technical and leadership..."
"Tyson's impact has been immediately clear. Before working with him, we were struggling with outdated processes that created inefficiencies across our organization, and his unbiased third party perspective helped us quickly identify issues and develop a clear, actionable plan for improvement. Based on our experience so far, I would recommend..."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"We recently worked with Tyson Martin on an engagement, and it was a great experience. He helped us run a full technical audit, identified key gaps, and created a clear plan to modernize our systems and processes. Tyson is hands-on, easy to work with, and brings real technical and leadership..."
"Tyson's impact has been immediately clear. Before working with him, we were struggling with outdated processes that created inefficiencies across our organization, and his unbiased third party perspective helped us quickly identify issues and develop a clear, actionable plan for improvement. Based on our experience so far, I would recommend..."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
Independent guidance for boards and executive teams facing consequential AI and technology decisions.
Translate technical AI and cyber exposure into clear business implications and board-level decisions.
Define decision rights and escalation thresholds that support accountable action when conditions change.
Build reporting and execution frameworks that let leaders see priorities, ownership, and progress.
Draw on enterprise transformation experience across AWS and global brands, including complex regulated environments.
Experienced board advisor and fractional executive for AI, cyber, and technology risk.
Board Advisor, Interim CISO/CIO/CDO, Fractional Executive
Tyson Martin helps boards and executive teams reduce technology and cyber risk without slowing business operations by clarifying decision rights, tightening governance, and building inspectable execution frameworks. He serves as a board advisor, director candidate, and steps in as interim or fractional CISO, CIO, or Chief Digital Officer when organizations need stability quickly. His background includes leading security and technology transformation across enterprise environments at AWS and global brands such as Home Depot and Best Buy. He brings particular expertise in helping Chicago-area organizations navigate the complex regulatory requirements across financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors. Tyson is an active contributor to the National Association of Corporate Directors, serves on the National Retail Federation CISO Executive Committee, contributes to the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity, and served as ISC2 Richmond Board President. He holds CISSP certification and has completed executive programs at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard Business School, MIT, and through leading technology companies including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.
AI governance consulting helps organizations establish the policies, decision rights, oversight practices, and reporting needed to manage AI responsibly. It addresses questions such as who can approve AI use, how risks are recorded, how employees use generative AI, and how boards receive visibility into deployments. The work focuses on governance and accountability rather than building, deploying, or tuning AI models.
Talk with Tyson Martin about practical, board-ready oversight for your organization.
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Share your governance priorities and receive a focused conversation about practical next steps.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 (802) 430-9200. You can also send us a quick email at tyson.martin@gmail.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 (802) 430-9200. You can also send us a quick email at tyson.martin@gmail.com.