AI Governance Advisory

Research-anchored AI governance for mission-driven organizations.

Framework development, readiness assessments, and workforce enablement for mission-driven organizations and their partners building AI offerings for public-sector customers — grounded in doctoral research in strategic management and over a decade of public-service and program leadership.

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Practitioner + Researcher

Three things this advisory brings that generic AI consulting does not.

Research-Anchored Frameworks

Advisory is grounded in doctoral research in strategic management at Liberty University, covering AI governance, responsible adoption, and workforce enablement in complex, mission-critical organizations. Frameworks reference current peer-reviewed research, published standards, and public-sector guidance — not vendor playbooks or commercial templates repackaged for public-sector buyers.

Public-Service & Program Leadership

The founder's decade-plus across the operator seat, software test lab, and federal IT modernization room. AI governance frameworks survive contact with operators because the advisor has been one. Recommendations specify decision rights, fallback workflows, and operator-trust calibration — not just compliance checklists.

Flexible Engagement Models

Wallis Consulting works directly with commercial enterprises and through teaming and partner channels. For public-sector engagements, SDVOSB status, NAICS coverage, and partnership pathways are documented on a dedicated Working with Us page so engagement structure stays out of the strategy conversation.

Engagement Models

Three ways to engage.

Sized for mission-driven organizations and their partners. Engagement models are scoped to deliver decision-grade artifacts, not consulting hours.

Tier 01

AI Governance Readiness Assessment

Deliverable

Written readiness assessment, governance gap analysis against NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001, prioritized roadmap.

For

Mission-driven organizations and their partners that need to know where they stand on AI governance maturity before committing to a framework implementation.

Scope Includes

→Current-state AI use case inventory and risk tiering
→Governance gap analysis against NIST AI RMF & ISO/IEC 42001
→Decision-rights and accountability mapping
→Workforce readiness gap analysis
→Prioritized implementation roadmap with sequencing rationale

Tier 02

AI Governance Framework Implementation Support

Deliverable

Implementable AI governance framework with decision-rights documentation, risk tiering policy, model documentation standards, and workforce briefing materials.

For

Leadership teams and partners ready to stand up an AI governance function and need a framework grounded in current standards and public-sector guidance.

Scope Includes

→Governance framework tailored to organizational mission and risk profile
→Decision-rights and oversight structure design
→AI risk tiering and review process design
→Model documentation and reporting standards
→Workforce briefing materials and AI literacy primer

Tier 03

Sustained Governance Advisory

Deliverable

Ongoing AI governance advisory access, written governance briefings, standing decision support, and periodic framework reviews.

For

Leadership teams that need ongoing governance SME depth without standing up a full-time role.

Scope Includes

→Written AI governance briefings on an agreed cadence
→Standing decision support for AI deployment-authority questions
→Framework review and update against current standards and guidance
→Governance input to internal AI investment and prioritization decisions (advisory only)
→Workforce briefing delivery as requested

Scope and deliverables are defined together in a scoping conversation, then confirmed in writing before work begins.

Scope Discipline

What this advisory is not.

AI governance advisory works because scope is disciplined. Here is what falls outside this practice.

Not AI model development or training.

Wallis Consulting does not build AI models. We advise on governance frameworks that wrap models built by client technical teams or partner AI practices.

Not procurement representation.

We do not represent vendors selling AI products into client organizations. The advisory practice operates exclusively on the buyer side.

Not generic AI consulting.

This is AI governance specifically — frameworks, decision rights, risk tiering, workforce enablement. Strategy decks and visioning workshops are not in scope.

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Open a conversation about your AI governance program.

A 30-minute virtual briefing covering capability fit, doctoral research positioning, practitioner grounding, and engagement model. Scheduled within 5 business days. For mission-driven organizations and their partners evaluating engagement fit.

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