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“Walter and the StackAware team helped Accuris lead the way when it comes to secure, compliant, and privacy-preserving AI.”

Tim Volckmann
Chief Information Security Officer, Accuris

Auditor of StackAware Client

Walter Haydock
Founder

Walter is the Founder of StackAware. He launched the company after seeing teams waste money on fancy software tools and time on trivial issues while missing the biggest risks, all because of poor management and governance. AI only adds fuel to the fire, making harnessing it responsibly a priority for every business.Before entering the private sector, he served as a professional staff member for the Homeland Security Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, as an analyst at the National Counterterrorism Center, and as a reconnaissance and intelligence officer in the Marine Corps.Walter is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and Harvard Business School.

Bezawit Sumner
Advisor

Bezawit Sumner is the CISO and Senior Director of Security & Compliance for the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) Shared Services (CSS). CSS is a non-profit organization providing information technology and support services to affiliated health information exchanges (HIE).As CISO, Bezawit leads the cybersecurity, information security, and compliance programs and all supporting activities for the enterprise and connected HIE partners. She is an expert in frameworks like HIPAA, HITRUST, and SOC 2 and assists StackAware customers in the healthcare space to stay secure and compliant.

Meghan Maneval
Advisor

Meghan is a passionate and visionary leader with nearly 20 years of experience in governance, risk, security, and compliance.As a business strategist and product evangelist, she leverages her unique insights to drive significant advancements in GRC technology.She's been directly involved in the development of SaaS and mobile applications in highly regulated industries, advocating for risk-centric strategies that adapt to the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.Her pioneering work in AI governance, including the design of continuous monitoring processes and the development of AI governance courses, showcases her dedication to responsible and secure use of emerging technologies.Meghan is a thought leader, public speaker, and author who leverages her strong technical background and extensive knowledge of GRC to educate, advocate, and influence the adoption of highly secure and scalable technology solutions.She's committed to fostering a collaborative community where open conversations about risk drive insight and innovation and where diversity, inclusion, and belonging are core values.

Stephen Dufour
Advisor

Stephen Dufour helps StackAware’s healthcare clients measure and manage AI risk. He previously served as Chief Security & Privacy Officer at Embold Health. At the company, he oversaw the secure deployment of the company’s Embold Virtual Assistant (EVA) AI chatbot and shepherded Embold through its successful acquisition by Quantum Health in 2025.Stephen has also held key security roles at Apple, 3M, and Tangoe, where he led efforts to tighten data security, simplify security operations, and manage large-scale IT systems.He lives near Austin, Texas, where he spends time with his family and tends to his 2 acres with a push mower. Approachable and a little allergic to buzzwords, Stephen brings real-world insight to a field that too often hides behind acronyms.

Vivek Anand Korati
Advisor

He helps technology companies—especially those deploying AI in healthcare—avoid costly privacy and governance failures while making better use of their data.His work focuses on what actually matters.Not more tools. Not more checklists.Clear priorities, strong governance, and systems that hold up under real-world pressure.His approach is shaped by experience from military and healthcare environments, where data sensitivity is high, regulatory scrutiny is constant, and decisions carry real consequences.He builds privacy and AI governance directly into how products are designed, validated, and deployed—particularly in clinical and high-risk settings. This allows teams to:-> Move faster without creating unmanaged risk.-> Deploy AI systems in healthcare with clear accountability, audibility, and guardrails.-> Navigate cross-border data and regulatory requirements without slowing execution.-> Operate confidently in highly regulated, patient-centric environments.His experience spans from board-level strategy to hands-on technical implementation.He has built programs from scratch, corrected failing compliance efforts, and supported leadership teams during high-stakes scenarios where the margin for error is minimal.He brings deep experience in AI-driven healthcare systems, clinical data governance, and global regulatory frameworks, alongside work across GDPR, CCPA, UAE’s PDPL, and India’s DPDP Act. His focus includes AI governance and privacy engineering at scale.His approach is simple: focus on the risks that matter, build systems that work, and avoid wasting time on everything else.

Ken Leeser
Advisor

In addition to serving as Chief Information Security Officer at OnCorps, Ken helps us measure and manage AI-related risk for clients.With 10+ years of hands-on experience in security services, Ken has driven security programs to repeated success in the areas of risk assessment, employee awareness, and regulatory compliance.Ken holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jonathan LeBaron
Advisor

Jonathan LeBaron helps StackAware clients navigate complex security, privacy, and AI governance requirements, specializing in highly regulated technology and healthcare environments.With years of experience building enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) programs from the ground up, he is an expert at leading organizations through first-time ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, HITRUST, and FedRAMP program establishment.By bridging technical operations, legal counsel, and working with regulatory frameworks like HIPAA, GDPR, the EU AI Act, and CCPA, Jonathan designs scalable unified control frameworks that reduce audit burden and establish trust without slowing execution.He currently serves as the Director of Information Security and Compliance at OptConnect Management LLC. Jonathan has earned a Master Safety and Quality degree from Utah State University, alongside key industry certifications including AIGP, CIPP/E, and CISA.