AI governance is no longer optional. Like privacy and security before it, governance is quickly becoming a production requirement, enforced through regulation, audits, and fines—often after real harm has already occurred. Ken Johnston and Bob Rapp, founders of the AiGovOps Foundation, introduce AIGovOps: the practice of implementing AI Governance as Code, embedded directly into delivery pipelines and operational workflows. This hands-on session begins with a concise review of Responsible AI and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, followed by an interactive HARMS workshop using real AI...
Bob Rapp
Senior Data Scientist, AI Center of Excellence
GM (General Motors)
Bob Rapp is a data scientist who began his journey in the 1980s with VR - both military and civilian. Bob has held positions at IBM (Watson) as a VP, at MIcrosoft in industry verticals with very large data sets (including telecommunications, automotive, and finance), and at GE Healthcare where he was involved in shipping the first ML models to find certain kinds of cancer. Today, Bob continues to blaze trails within AI/ML with professional curation at GM in the AI Center of Excellence.