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Jeremy Combs advises executives and boards on AI governance — the decision frameworks, risk assessments, and operating model design that determine whether AI adoption creates value or liability.

With more than 20 years of enterprise technology leadership — spanning Fortune 500 corporations, federal and tribal government agencies, and private-sector advisory — Jeremy brings the governance depth that most AI consultants lack. He has built technology governance frameworks, led infrastructure modernization programs, and designed accountability structures across complex, regulated environments.

His practice exists because executive leaders making high-stakes AI decisions deserve a governance-first advisor at the table — no product to push, no platform to sell, no implementation fees to protect. The work: help leaders build the decision architecture to evaluate AI opportunities, assess risk, and govern deployment before those decisions create downstream cost or organizational drag.

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May 8, 2026 · Jeremy Combs

What VPs Get Asked About AI That Their CEO Never Sees

The CEO approved the AI budget and moved on. Now you're the one getting the actual questions — from legal, from the team, from the board prep deck that needs answers by Thursday. Here's a plain-language frame for five of the hardest ones.

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May 6, 2026 · Jeremy Combs
Board AI Oversight

5 Questions Your Board Should Ask About AI Before Your Next Meeting

Most boards approve AI budgets without asking the questions that actually matter. Before your next meeting, here are the five governance questions every board should be able to answer — and why the accountability question is the one that will define your organization's risk profile.

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May 4, 2026 · Jeremy Combs
AI Governance — Outdoor

Why Your Next Product Recall Might Be Algorithmic: AI Governance for Outdoor Brands

An AI inventory system trained on pandemic-era demand data is still running at your competitor. It just ordered 40,000 units of a product category that peaked in 2021. Here is what outdoor brand executives need to ask before that becomes their problem.

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April 28, 2026 · Jeremy Combs
AI Vendor Evaluation

What to Ask Before You Buy: An Executive's Guide to AI Vendor Evaluation

Every AI vendor sounds credible until you ask the wrong question at the right time. Here is the framework executives need before signing any AI contract.

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April 27, 2026 · Jeremy Combs
AI Governance Framework

Why AI Governance Comes Before AI Deployment

Most organizations deploy AI first and ask governance questions later — after the liability is baked in. Here is what every executive needs to answer before the first tool goes live.

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