Hello, I'm Ali.

I help leaders navigate AI, emerging technology, and the risks that come with progress.

I'm a technology risk and AI governance leader with 14+ years of experience across PwC, Deloitte, and Florida Blue. I help technical teams, risk leaders, and executives understand one another, make clearer decisions, and move ambitious technology forward responsibly.

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A personal preface

What a remarkable and consequential time to work in technology.

AI has moved from research labs and chat windows into the systems people use to write, decide, build, hire, serve customers, and operate physical infrastructure. The data centers behind it are expanding so quickly that compute now intersects with power grids, water, land, semiconductors, and national competitiveness. Organizations are also connecting more sensitive data, more vendors, and more autonomous software than ever before.

The opportunity is extraordinary. So is the responsibility. Data can be poisoned, exposed, or used outside its intended purpose. AI can scale a sound decision or a flawed one. Ransomware, supply chain compromise, identity attacks, cloud concentration, and the security of AI itself have made technology risk a business and societal question, not merely an IT issue.

That is the space I work in. I help organizations understand what technology is doing, where meaningful exposure exists, and how to move forward with judgment. My career has spanned technology risk, cybersecurity, application security, internal audit, governance, and executive advisory. I still genuinely enjoy making complicated problems clearer.

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Professional profile

Experience that connects technical detail to business judgment.

Across professional services and industry, I have led work involving global application environments, complex technology agreements, internal controls, cyber risk, and emerging AI questions.

My strength is translation: understanding the technical issue, seeing the business context around it, and helping people arrive at a response that is proportionate, defensible, and practical.

AI governanceTechnology riskCybersecurityApplication securityInternal auditSOX & ITGCThird party riskExecutive advisory

Selected work

1,500+

application security and readiness reviews across a global technology environment

75%

improvement in application readiness review time through process redesign and automation

1,300+

Microsoft Power Platform connectors addressed through a purpose built governance framework

$1M to $100M+

engagement scale spanning business, data, cyber, technology, and AI risk

300+

consultants trained at Deloitte University in technology risk and assurance

1M+

financial records analyzed to surface control issues and business risk

Technical depth

Fluent from the control room to the boardroom.

Security & infrastructure

Application security, identity and access, change management, data center and network operations, logging and monitoring, resilience, and disaster recovery.

Governance & assurance

AI governance, SOX and ITGC, SOC 1 and SOC 2, internal audit, third party risk, regulatory compliance, and executive risk advisory.

Data & automation

SQL, SAS, Tableau, Alteryx, ACL, and UiPath, with experience across Unix, Windows, C, C#, and Java.

Recognition: 10 PwC Recognition Awards and 5 Deloitte Applause Awards.

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Experience

Career history

Senior Manager, Cyber, Data & Technology Risk

PwC

Advises partners and executives on cyber, data, technology, and AI risk in agreements ranging from $1 million to more than $100 million across more than ten industries.

Manager, Application Security Risk

PwC

Led more than 1,500 application readiness reviews, improved review time by 75%, and built a governance framework for more than 1,300 Microsoft Power Platform connectors.

Program Manager, Systems Audit & Cyber Risk

Florida Blue / GuideWell

Redesigned technology risk audit and compliance practices and helped lead resilient audit operations through a period of rapid operational change.

Manager, Global IT Audit

PwC

Built global audit strategies, led multinational teams of more than 20 professionals, and presented emerging technology and business risk to senior leadership.

Senior Consultant, Technology Risk Advisory

Deloitte

Managed complex assurance and advisory engagements, led data driven risk work across major industries, and trained more than 300 consultants at Deloitte University.

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Education & credentials

A foundation in technology, business, and risk.

Graduate education

University of Florida

M.S., Information Systems & Operations Management. Graduated in the top 10% of the class and awarded the honor of induction into Alpha Iota Delta and Beta Gamma Sigma.

Engineering foundation

GIK Institute

B.S., Engineering Sciences with a focus on electronics and semiconductors. Earned third place for a portable heart attack monitoring system as the final year project.

Executive development

Harvard Business School

Leadership & Management Essentials

Professional certification

CISA

Certified Information Systems Auditor

Framework fluency

NIST AI RMF · ISO 42001 · ISO 27001 · SOC 1 & SOC 2 · SOX / ITGC · HIPAA · COBIT

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A few words from others

Recommendations

“He possesses strong analytical skills.”
Abdullah SalimSupply Chain Manager, Beverages at PepsiCo
“Counted on to complete quality deliverables.”
Luis Felipe SeguraHead of Strategic Accounts and Customer Success at Incode Technologies
“Knowledgeable... coached me into finding the right solution.”
Marc ArredondoFormer colleague, PwC

An independent project

Lucivence

Alongside my professional career, I'm building Lucivence, a platform for technology and AI insights, practical experiments, and selective advisory work. It gives me a place to explore ideas beyond the boundaries of a traditional résumé.

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