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Jamshed Qureshi

AI delivery · Security · Program leadership

AI that actually ships —
secure, governed,
and in production.

I help CIOs, CISOs, and risk-conscious technology leaders move high-value AI initiatives from uncertainty or stalled pilots into production systems your security team can sign off on.

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20+ years delivering enterprise programs · CISSP · CISM · CRISC · PMP

Jamshed Qureshi

Professional certifications

Certified across security, risk, program delivery, and operational excellence.

  • CISSP — Certified Information Systems Security Professional, ISC2
  • CISM — Certified Information Security Manager, ISACA
  • CRISC — Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control, ISACA
  • PMP — Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute
  • LSSGB — Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, GAQM

Most AI initiatives stall in the same three places.

  • 01

    "Where do we even start?"

    Leadership wants AI on the roadmap. Nobody owns the list of what is worth doing, what the data supports, and what security will allow. So the roadmap stays a slide.

  • 02

    "We have a pilot that never shipped."

    The demo worked. Then it met identity, data access, change control, and the people who have to run it on a Tuesday. Twelve months later it is still a pilot.

  • 03

    "We can't do this safely."

    The model is the easy part. The hard part is access controls, data handling, auditability, and a rollout your CISO, your auditors, and your operators all accept.

The missing piece is rarely another data scientist. It is someone who has shipped inside regulated environments and can run the whole thing — security, governance, delivery, adoption — as one program.

Three ways to work together.

  1. 01

    AI Opportunity Sprint

    For
    leadership teams who know AI matters and don't yet know where it pays.
    Outcome
    a prioritised, security-reviewed shortlist of AI opportunities with a realistic delivery plan for the top one or two.
    You get
    opportunity scan, data and risk readiness assessment, prioritised roadmap, executive readout.
    Learn more about the Sprint

  2. 02

    AI Prototype to Production

    For
    teams with a working pilot that can't get through security, governance, or operations.
    Outcome
    the pilot becomes a governed, supportable production system — access controls, data handling, monitoring, runbooks, and sign-off included.
    You get
    production readiness review, hardening and governance plan, delivery leadership through go-live, handover to your operators.
    Learn more about Prototype to Production

  3. 03

    Fractional AI Lead

    For
    organisations that need someone to own the AI program without a full-time executive hire.
    Outcome
    one accountable leader running your AI portfolio — prioritisation, vendors, security alignment, delivery cadence, board-level reporting.
    You get
    a defined monthly engagement, a standing governance forum, portfolio status reporting, and a named owner.
    Learn more about the Fractional AI Lead

Work that had to pass security, audit, and go-live.

Two kinds of evidence. Programs I have led inside banks and regulated companies, where the standard was sign-off from security, risk, and the people who run it afterward. And products I have built myself, where the standard is that they ship and stay up.

Employer program

GM Financial — Cybersecurity program and AI/ML governance

Led a cumulative $11M portfolio of 20+ cybersecurity projects — privileged access management, secrets management, Okta identity, vulnerability automation — and supported the enterprise AI/ML adoption program from the security and governance side, aligning business, data engineering, and AI stakeholders.

Role: IT Cybersecurity Project Manager, 2021–2026.

Read the case study

Founder build

Provetta — a quality management system built for audit readiness

Document control, CAPA, tablet inspections, supplier scorecards, and on-demand audit-binder export for regulated manufacturers — 21 CFR Part 11 ready, on a typed data model designed for AI integration.

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  • ThankFirst — donor-development system for nonprofits with a human-in-the-loop AI development officer built on Claude; every AI action lands as a draft, on role-scoped data.
  • heyAstra — 24/7 AI voice receptionist that answers, books, routes, and follows up.
  • Slotly — scheduling workspace for people and teams; it runs the booking link on this site.

See all work

One program, four stages.

The same sequence whether it is a two-week sprint or a year-long portfolio. Security and governance live inside each stage, not as a gate at the end.

  1. 01

    Discover

    What is worth doing, what the data supports, what security and compliance will allow. Outputs a shortlist, not a wish list.

  2. 02

    Prioritise

    Pick the one or two initiatives with real value and a credible path. Agree the controls up front with your CISO and risk team.

  3. 03

    Build

    Deliver it as a program: identity and access, data handling, monitoring, change control, vendors, and a schedule leadership can see every week.

  4. 04

    Adopt

    Hand it to the people who run it. Runbooks, training, support model, and the metrics that tell you it is working.

Jamshed Qureshi

About

I have spent twenty years getting technology through the hard part.

Before I worked on AI, I ran the programs AI now has to fit inside: identity and access at a Fortune 500 auto-finance company, cloud and data platforms at regional banks, vendor risk and compliance in healthcare, and a $30M+ portfolio at Bank of America.

I hold CISSP, CISM, CRISC, and PMP because I think security, risk, and delivery discipline are the job, not the overhead.

And I build. AstraSite, Provetta, ThankFirst, heyAstra, Slotly, NeuralFlow, MasjidOps, Amanah DFW — products I designed and shipped myself, most of them on Claude. That is where I learned what it takes to move an AI idea from a prompt to something people rely on.

  • Governance is how you go faster, not slower.
  • A pilot is not a result. Production is.
  • The people who run it on a Tuesday decide whether it worked.

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Proof

Credentials that support responsible delivery

AI programs succeed when technical possibilities are matched with security, risk, delivery discipline, and operational improvement.

  • Professional certification

    Certified Information Systems Security Professional

    ISC2

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  • Professional certification

    Certified Information Security Manager

    ISACA

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  • Professional certification

    Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control

    ISACA

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  • Professional certification

    Project Management Professional

    Project Management Institute

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  • Professional certification

    Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

    GAQM

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Applied AI learning

  • Learning badge

    Practical Application of Gen AI for Project Managers

    Project Management Institute

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Let's find out if this is a fit.

A 30-minute call, no deck. Bring the initiative that is stuck or the question you can't get a straight answer on. We will look at what is actually in the way — data, security, ownership, or scope — and whether I am the right person to help. If I am not, I will say so and point you somewhere useful.

Who it is fortechnology and risk leaders at mid-market and enterprise organisations with a real problem and the authority to act on it.

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