Convening to Act

With an extensive background in complex systems engineering and the application of machine learning for data discovery, Dr Richard Searle is the Chief AI Officer at Fortanix, Inc. - a pioneer of Confidential Computing technology for data and AI security. 

Richard has previously served as both General Members’ Representative to the Governing Board, and Chair of the End-User Advisory Council, of the Confidential Computing Consortium of the Linux Foundation and regularly contributes thought leadership articles and talks on quantum computing, quantum information security, AI security, and the applications of Confidential Computing. 

Richard holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Henley Business School at the University of Reading and has published numerous conference papers and journal articles on the application of Confidential Computing technology. 

Richard is currently conducting research on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems within the context of defense and national security, and he is the Principal Investigator for Fortanix within the U.S. NIST AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) and the UK Integrated Quantum Network (IQN) Hub.