The AI Governor

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The AI Governor podcast shares stories and insights from people doing the real work of AI governance. In each episode, AI Career Pro founder James Kavanagh interviews a professional working in AI governance, exploring their background and the path they took into the field. They discuss what the work involves day-to-day, some of the challenges and ‘watchouts’, and how they see this new profession evolving. It’s for people in dedicated new and existing AI governance roles, for those who have inherited AI governance in a broader role, and for professionals exploring AI governance as a future career move.  

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    You're not starting over in AI governance

    Ulas Ozguven spent 25 years in intrusion prevention, identity fraud protection and secure data rooms before AI governance existed as a career. His advice for anyone looking at the field: none of that was wasted, and moving into it isn't starting over. Ulas is co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of VerifyWise, an AI governance platform he runs from London with his co-founder Gorkem Cetin in Toronto - two people who, at the time of recording, had never met in person. We talk about the pattern he only saw in hindsight, why AI governance is a bigger than cybersecurity, what organizations discover when they finally inventory their own AI, and why influence and judgement matter more than technical depth in this work. Chapters 00:00 AI governance is not a job pivot 01:36 Twenty-five years of deciding who to trust 03:28 From engineer to sales, and becoming the bridge 04:48 The school that was afraid of AI 06:42 Why AI is a harder problem than cybersecurity 12:38 Geek, entrepreneur, humanist 14:12 Co-founders who have never met 16:12 Trust is competence, integrity and care 18:55 The AI you don't know you have 22:15 Why influence matters more than technical depth 25:09 Bring what you already have 26:31 Imposter syndrome, and the nine-month realization Ulas Ozguven - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulasozguven/ VerifyWise - https://verifywise.ai/ Want to see what AI governance work actually looks like? In our free 45-minute course James walks through the real job and three governance failures that show why it matters - https://aicareer.pro/course/doing-ai-governance The AI Governor is an AI Career Pro podcast. AI Career Pro helps professionals build careers in AI governance - https://aicareer.pro

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The AI Governor podcast shares stories and insights from people doing the real work of AI governance. In each episode, AI Career Pro founder James Kavanagh interviews a professional working in AI governance, exploring their background and the path they took into the field. They discuss what the work involves day-to-day, some of the challenges and ‘watchouts’, and how they see this new profession evolving. It’s for people in dedicated new and existing AI governance roles, for those who have inherited AI governance in a broader role, and for professionals exploring AI governance as a future career move.  

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  • Creator
    AI Career Pro
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
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