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Jim Tunnessen is the Founder & CEO of GOVERNBOX.ai and Founder & Principal Researcher of Gradient Descent. He is a two-time federal CIO and Chief AI Officer and a Forbes Technology Council member.
Jim delivers keynotes and executive talks on AI governance, responsible AI, explainable AI, agentic AI oversight, and changing AI regulations. He speaks to board directors, executives, and technology leaders.
AI strategy and enterprise adoption, technology and innovation oversight, regulatory and risk considerations, technology investment evaluation, and executive-board alignment.
GOVERNBOX.ai helps regulated mid-market and public-sector organizations govern AI, turning governance from paperwork into working systems that teams can actually run.
More than 20 years of federal technology leadership, oversight of over $1B in technology budgets, and senior executive roles as Chief Information Officer, Chief AI Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Digital Officer across four organizations. He served roughly 14 years in uniform, beginning in the United States Marine Corps.
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