Chen Avnery
Chen AvneryAI Governance & Data Platforms

Your AI & DATA Advisory, US-Focused

Partnering with your CTOs, CDOs, GCs, CISOs, and Legal teams to make AI and data platforms audit-ready, cost-efficient, and actually maintainable.

Services

I work with CTOs, GCs, CISOs, and Heads of Data on concrete projects with clear outcomes. Each engagement is scoped to your systems, deadlines, and risk profile. No retainers by default. No hourly noise. Just projects with real deliverables.

Chen Avnery

Chen Avnery

AI & Data governance expert

Ex-Senior Director of Engineering, Pagaya Technologies Ltd.

Chair, IEEE Israel Young Professionals

Vice-Chair, IEEE Israel Computer Society

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Who's advising you?

I'm an AI & data governance expert who has spent the last 13+ years at the intersection of engineering, analytics, and governance. At Pagaya (US fintech), I built and led large data engineering and BI groups, migrated the company onto Snowflake, and partnered with legal and risk teams to keep AI and data initiatives safe, explainable, and auditable.

Built and led data engineering & BI groups at Pagaya, covering ingestion, modeling, and research infra for dozens of internal stakeholders.

Designed and ran multi-year data warehouse migration projects (including Snowflake) with minimal disruption to reporting.

Drove cost-optimization programs that materially reduced warehouse spend while maintaining SLAs and analyst productivity.

Partnered with legal and compliance on AI & data governance, data compliance (SOX, SOC2), bias controls, and audit-ready documentation.

Active in the ecosystem as IEEE Israel Young Professionals Chair and IEEE Computer Society Israel Vice-Chair.

I use this mix of engineering leadership, cost discipline, and governance work to design bounded, practical projects - not slide decks. Whether you're a startup trying to tame AI usage or a large org tightening controls, you get someone who has actually run these systems in production.

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How we'll work together

Every engagement follows a simple three-step pattern.

1

Scoping call (30 minutes)

We map your systems, risks, deadlines, and confirm there's a real fit.

2

Written proposal

You get a short, concrete proposal with scope, timeline, and fixed or capped pricing.

3

Execution and handover

We run focused working sessions, iterate asynchronously, and end with artifacts you can show to execs, auditors, and customers.

Get in touch

Schedule a consultation or send a note

Ready to strengthen your AI and data governance? Use the form or grab time on Calendly. I respond within one business day with 1-2 clarifying questions and a proposed slot.

NDA-ready. Details stay confidential.

Ready to get started?

I enjoy meeting new people and learning about their challenges. Book a 30-minute call - no pressure, just a real conversation.

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