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AI data readiness advisory

The fastest path to AI runs through your data.

Trusted AI Data Advisory helps companies find what’s blocking AI in their data, fix the highest-value gaps first, and build the governance and skills to adopt AI with confidence.

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Readiness profile Illustrative
Data quality3 / 5
Access & architecture2 / 5
Governance & security2 / 5
Skills & operating model3 / 5
Use-case alignment4 / 5
1 Ad hoc5 Optimized

Scored against the AI use cases you actually care about, not a generic checklist.

Strategy | Readiness | Adoption
Why data readiness

Most AI programs don’t stall on the model. They stall on the data underneath it.

01

Pilots that never reach production

The demo worked on a clean extract. Production data is scattered, inconsistent, or held by teams no one thought to involve.

02

Data nobody fully trusts

Unclear ownership, undocumented definitions, and quality problems that only surface after an AI output looks wrong.

03

Risk questions that arrive late

Privacy, security, and compliance reviews that halt a project in the final mile because guardrails weren’t designed in.

What we do

Four ways we accelerate your readiness for AI.

01

Data Readiness Assessment

A structured baseline of your data across quality, access, architecture, governance, and skills, scored against the AI use cases that matter to your business.

You get

A scored readiness profile and a prioritized list of gaps.

02

Use-Case Data Mapping

We trace each candidate AI use case back to the data it needs: where it lives, who owns it, what condition it’s in, and what it will take to use it.

You get

A ranked use-case portfolio with data dependencies and effort.

03

Governance & Trust

Right-sized ownership, quality standards, privacy, and security controls for AI, designed to help teams move, not to slow them down.

You get

A governance model and review paths your teams can actually follow.

04

Enablement & Adoption

Hands-on support to close priority gaps, plus the operating model, skills, and habits that make AI stick after we’ve left.

You get

A sequenced roadmap, working sessions with your team, and a handover plan.

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How we work

From baseline to production in four moves.

01

Diagnose

Interview stakeholders, inspect the data landscape, and establish where you really stand.

02

Prioritize

Rank use cases by value and feasibility so effort goes where readiness unlocks the most.

03

Build foundations

Close the critical gaps in quality, access, and governance, in the order your use cases demand.

04

Enable & adopt

Equip teams, embed ownership, and set the cadence that keeps readiness improving.

Every engagement ends with your team able to run it without us.

Who we work with

Built for the leaders accountable for AI outcomes.

CIOs and CTOs

Who need AI initiatives to scale on a foundation the organization can trust and support.

Chief Data and Analytics Officers

Who need to show where data stands, and make the case for what to fix first.

Business leaders sponsoring AI

Who need pilots to reach production and deliver the value that was promised.

Recognition & credentials
Data Governance Lead of the Year
Data Citizens Conference, 2020
Chief Data Officer (CDO) Certification
Carruthers & Jackson Education, 2022
Collibra Certified Rangers
Independent board members, Collibra Ranger Certification Program
Experience across
Banking & financial services Life sciences Retail Higher education Public sector Telecommunications
Albert Lalaj
About

Led by Albert Lalaj.

Albert Lalaj has spent more than 20 years helping large, regulated organizations turn fragmented data into assets they can trust. He has led enterprise data governance at a regulated financial institution, delivered data programs across industries as a consulting manager at Accenture, and today leads AI acceleration and data governance for a workforce of more than two million people.

His work centers on the foundations that decide whether AI succeeds: semantic layers that keep business metrics consistent, access models that match who needs data to how sensitive it is, quality controls that catch problems before a model does, and governance people actually follow. He has built the data councils, stewardship networks, and literacy programs that turn those practices from policy into habit.

Trusted AI Data Advisory brings that hands-on experience to organizations that want their AI programs to start on solid ground.

Career highlights
2019 – Present

Senior Director, Data Governance & AI Acceleration, Walmart

Leads data governance, analytics, and AI acceleration for a workforce of more than two million people: semantic layers, persona-based data access, and AI adoption at enterprise scale.

2013 – 2019

Head of Data Governance, CIT Group

Ran enterprise data governance at a regulated financial institution: policies, stewardship, data quality, and the data behind regulatory reporting, including remediation of supervisory findings.

2007 – 2013

Consulting leadership, Accenture and InfoSoft Group

Delivered data quality, architecture, and master data programs for pharmaceutical, financial services, publishing, and higher-education clients, then led public-sector reporting and e-services projects in Europe.

Common questions

Before you reach out.

Do we need to fix all our data before we start with AI?

No. Readiness is relative to the use cases you’re pursuing. We focus on the data those use cases depend on, so you make progress on real projects while your foundations improve.

Do you work with regulated industries?

Yes. Our background is in regulated environments, including banking and life sciences, where AI readiness has to account for model risk, privacy, and auditability from the start.

How is this different from a data engineering or platform project?

We start from your AI goals, not from a technology. We work out what needs to change and in what order, then work alongside your team and existing delivery partners to make it happen.

How long does an assessment take?

[X–Y] weeks, depending on the number of business units and use cases in scope. We confirm scope and timeline on our first call.

Contact

Start with a conversation.

Tell us what you want AI to do for your business. We’ll tell you, plainly, what stands between you and it.