Roberta Kowalishin

Roberta Kowalishin is an AI and IT strategy expert with extensive executive leadership experience across technology, cybersecurity, privacy, digital transformation and AI governance.

Her career includes serving as Chief Information and Technology Officer at DIALOG, Chief Information Officer at Hearst Newspapers, Director of Privacy and Forensics practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Vice President of Technology at CapRock Communications. She now leads Juste Tech, a France-based consulting company, and contributes to TrustWorks on AI governance, AI literacy, the EU AI Act, model auditing and responsible technology.

Roberta combines board-level technology strategy with practical experience in privacy, cybersecurity, organisational transformation and emerging AI regulation.

• Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), IAPP
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BCom in Economics, McGill University
• Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity, Harvard University

• Cited by The Wall Street Journal as a next-generation CIO
• Quoted or featured in BusinessWeek, Wall Street & Technology and InformationWeek
• Regular contributor to DesignIntelligence Quarterly
• Published contributor on TrustWorks AI governance and EU AI Act resources
• Developer of the Astronomical Skills application

• Speaker at the AIA Los Angeles 1.5°C programme in 2021
• Panel speaker at the Vancouver CISO Executive Summit on cloud-security threats and risk
• Contributor to IAPP Privacy.Security.Risk reflections and AI-governance discussions
• Industry speaker on technology investment, digital transformation and responsible innovation