Director of Ethics & Compliance. I run the program and the investigations, lead responsible AI adoption across the enterprise, and stay accountable for the risk. 20+ years across compliance, legal, regulatory, and IT roles — 12+ years leading the ethics and compliance program for a $2.7B publicly traded industrial company.
I am responsible for the design, operation, and execution of a corporate ethics and compliance program spanning Code of Conduct governance, the investigations framework, hotline and speak-up channels, policy management, training, communications, and reporting to senior leadership and the Board’s Audit Committee.
My team runs day-to-day investigations and program activities. I set direction, make escalation and remediation decisions, and ensure issues are handled consistently and fairly. Under my leadership, the function manages roughly 160 investigations per year across fraud, employee misconduct, harassment and retaliation, conflicts of interest, FCPA/anti-corruption, and labor and union matters.
I work closely with HR, Legal, operations, and external counsel on investigations, remedial actions, and M&A due diligence and post-close integration, ensuring counterparties adopt our Code of Conduct, speak-up channels, and core training quickly.
Legal foundation for regulatory and compliance leadership
Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional
Certificate in AI Governance and Compliance, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies (2026)
Certificate in AI Law and Policy, Cornell University (2026)
Certificate in AI strategy and enterprise implementation, Harvard Business School Online (2026)
ITAR/EAR/DOE Part 810 export control authority
Selected to lead responsible AI adoption across the enterprise — proving it first in legal and compliance, then opening the door for teams company-wide. The discipline that makes it defensible is the same one that runs the investigations: deploy where it helps, govern the risk, keep accountable people in the decision.
Selected, deployed, and governed AI tools for compliance operations early in the adoption curve — putting natural language processing to work on investigation documentation while owning the risk, the controls, and the accountability. Cut investigation report drafting from 4 hours to 45 minutes with human review preserved at every step.
First MoverLed the effort to secure governed company-wide access, extending AI deployment to departments beyond legal and compliance with the guardrails already tested. Made the compliance function the proving ground for responsible AI use rather than the brake on it.
Change LeadershipIT leadership background in data center infrastructure, SAP, and enterprise platforms now applied to selecting and shaping compliance technology, e-discovery tools, and data structures — making work better evidenced, less manual, and easier to monitor.
Tech-Enabled ComplianceCertificates in AI Governance and Compliance (Georgetown), AI Law and Policy (Cornell), and AI for Leaders (Harvard Business School Online) — three programs completed in 2026, building a working framework for responsible AI deployment in regulated industries with national security implications.
Georgetown · Cornell · Harvard20+ years building, leading, and maturing compliance programs at organizations where precision and integrity are non-negotiable.
BWX Technologies — $2.7B Nuclear Manufacturing • NYSE: BWXT
Progressive Roles in Legal, Regulatory & Technology
Deep specialization across the compliance landscape — from investigations and anti-corruption to export controls and board reporting.
1,800+ investigations across fraud, misconduct, harassment, retaliation, FCPA, conflicts of interest, and labor matters. Consistent, fair, and well-evidenced case management.
Third-party due diligence, gifts & entertainment monitoring, and anti-bribery frameworks. Hands-on investigation and remediation of corruption-related matters.
Built and led ITAR/EAR/DOE Part 810 frameworks as one domain within a broader compliance portfolio. Empowered Official with classification and determination authority.
Hotline governance, anti-retaliation programs, and reporting confidence initiatives sustaining 70% measured employee confidence in speak-up channels across 10,000+ employees.
Periodic and on-request reporting to the Compliance Committee and Board Audit Committee on export controls, investigation trends, program metrics, and regulatory risk posture.
Compliance due diligence and post-close integration ensuring rapid adoption of Code of Conduct, speak-up channels, investigations framework, and core training.
Positions formed running a compliance program while leading AI adoption inside it, not from the sidelines.
Most AI governance frameworks are drafted by teams that will never live under them. They are strong on principle and weak at the point where someone has to make a decision on an actual matter, on a deadline, with incomplete facts. The test of a framework is not whether it reads well to a board. It is whether the person doing the work can apply it on a Tuesday afternoon without calling a lawyer.
The standard pattern puts compliance at the end of the process, reviewing what other functions have already built. That guarantees friction and produces governance that arrives too late to shape anything. Running the tools inside compliance first means the guardrails are tested on real work before they are imposed on anyone else, and it means the function has standing when it does say no.
Time saved on drafting is only real if the output survives scrutiny. An investigation report produced in 45 minutes instead of four hours is worthless if it cannot withstand a regulator, a plaintiff, or an arbitrator. Human review at every step is not a concession to caution. It is what makes the speed defensible.
Waiting for regulatory clarity is a strategy for sectors that can afford to be late. In a national-security-adjacent manufacturing environment, the tools are already in use whether or not a policy exists. The practical question is not whether to adopt but whether adoption happens with visibility and controls or without them.
I write and speak about AI governance, investigations, and compliance program design in regulated industries. If you are working through the same problems, I am glad to compare notes.