Speaking

Agent governance, confidential computing, and what a system can actually prove.

What I speak about

I speak about building and operating AI systems, and the security and standards needed to use them responsibly. My talks draw on engineering work and contributions across AAIF, Appia, and CoSAI, with practical examples of what works, what fails, and what remains unproven.

Building AI systems for production

Architecture, reliability, and operating AI at scale: from models and agent workflows to tools, data, and infrastructure. Practical lessons on deployment, evaluation, observability, and the trade-offs teams face in production.

AI security, governance, and open standards

How organizations control AI systems and assess the evidence behind them. Topics include agent identity and interoperability, authorization, confidential computing, model custody, auditability, and turning risk-management requirements into engineering controls.

Author of Architecting at Scale (Packt, 2026), a field guide to large-scale AI-native system design.

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Coming up

12 Oct 2026 Mesh-LLM & Trusting a Stranger's Machine, Part 2: Evidence You Can CheckThe AIE Network · Mesh-LLM × Action State × TRACE · OnlinePlanned for 2:00 PM Pacific; calendar invitation and registration pending.Registration link to follow
22 Oct 2026 Block the Tool Call, Then Verify the EvidenceAll Day AI 2026 · OnlineAccepted proposal · Session time to be confirmedEvent details
23 Oct 2026 Governed MCP: Policy Enforcement, Tamper-Evident Audit Chains, and Hardware-Sealed ReceiptsAGNTCon + MCPCon North America · San Jose, CA4:05 to 4:30 PM PDT · Room 230C (Concourse Level)Event details
16 Nov 2026 Verifiable Agent SummitVerifiable Agent Summit · Workato · San Francisco, CA4:00–8:00 PM PacificRegister
8 Dec 2026 Weight Custody Manifest: When the Model Leaves Your Data Center, the Threat Model FlipsAAIF Member Showcase, Agentic AI Foundation · OnlineSession time to be confirmedRegister