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Something put this question on your agenda. A comment letter. A diligence finding. An incident at a peer company. An AI product your legal team won't clear. An IPO clock that started ticking. Whatever the trigger, the question your board now owns is the same:
Who is accountable for trust & can they prove it to the people who value it?
If you chair an audit or risk committee
You're personally accountable for oversight of risks your current org chart splits four ways. What you need is one executive who reports exposure, readiness, and material risk in decision-grade form, and who can sit across from an examiner without a translator.
Tyson has advised 40+ boards and audit committees on cyber and AI oversight duties as an NACD Directorship Certified executive, and has been the executive of record under SEC, FCA, and BaFin examination simultaneously.
If you're an operating partner
No pitch. A direct discussion of your mandate, the pressure behind it, what the first 90 days would need to produce, and an honest assessment of fit, including whether Tyson is the wrong answer. You'll leave able to brief your board either way.
What you can expect in a first conversation
You've seen what an unowned trust gap does to an exit multiple. One executive who can stabilize a portfolio company's security posture, stand up AI governance ahead of a forcing event, and produce transaction-grade evidence is a repeatable play. Start with one conversation.
Tyson Martin is the executive public and pre-IPO companies in financial services, AI/data, SaaS, and cloud hire to make trust a measurable asset, one accountable answer to Is it secure? Is it resilient? Is the AI governed?
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