Eric Bruning

I help organizations use data confidently by making risk and governance feel less like roadblocks and more like built-in advantages. My approach is simple: shift left—bring clarity, guardrails, and good design into the process early—so teams can move faster, innovate safely, and protect customers without slowing the business down. Over my career, I’ve led enterprise-wide data and risk transformations across global organizations, partnering closely with product, engineering, legal, security, and business leaders. I love taking complex regulatory or technical challenges and turning them into frameworks, tools, and workflows that actually make people’s jobs easier. Whether it’s scaling AI and emerging tech governance, strengthening data quality and integrity, or building privacy and compliance controls into the foundation of how teams work, my focus remains: Enable the business. Protect the business. Make it seamless for everyone involved. Focus Areas: • Shift-Left Risk & Compliance Enablement • Regulatory Alignment Without the Red Tape • Practical Governance Frameworks • Enterprise Data Risk & Controls (1LOD & 2LOD) • AI & Emerging Tech Risk Mitigation • Privacy & Regulatory Readiness (CCPA, COPPA, VPPA) • Metadata, Taxonomy & Identity Resolution • Data Quality, Integrity & Trust