For twenty years I've helped financial institutions and regulated enterprises turn risk and regulation into working systems. Independent advisor, NIST AI RMF contributor, and founder of RiskAlmanac.
I build AI governance that holds up to scrutiny without slowing the business down
AI GOVERNANCE · TECHNOLOGY RISK · DATA STRATEGY

ABOUT
Risk practitioner turned builder.
I've spent twenty years in financial services risk, across Freddie Mac, Capco, SunGard, and Infosys, working at the intersection of technology, data, and regulation. Most of that time was spent translating dense regulatory expectations into governance that teams could actually run, not binders that sit on a shelf.
For the last several years my focus has been AI. As enterprises rushed to adopt it, I saw the same gap everywhere: governance that either blocked innovation or waved it through with no real control. I work on the harder middle path, guardrails that make AI defensible to auditors and examiners while keeping the business moving.
Today I advise financial institutions and regulated enterprises on AI and data governance, contribute to the NIST AI RMF Overlay Working Group, and am building RiskAlmanac, a platform that turns AI governance from static checklists into living architectural maps of risk and control.
I speak on AI governance, including at ISACA Future Tech DC, and have a forthcoming book chapter with the University of the District of Columbia School of Business.
PRACTITIONER
Director · Freddie Mac
Led technology, data, and AI risk governance inside a major financial institution. Built the frameworks that connected regulatory expectations to controls teams could actually run.
ADVISOR
Managing Principal · Capco
Advised financial and institutions on their hardest risk and compliance problems, embedded directly in their teams. Built and led a risk and compliance practice from the ground up.
BUILDER
Founder · RiskAlmanac
Building the platform that represents AI systems as architectural blueprints for risk, audit, and governance teams. Governance by design.
Thadi Murali
AI Governance · Technology Risk · Data Strategy
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