Building the future of AI, governance, and digital transformation.

I help organizations turn ambitious ideas into operational systems—combining executive-level strategy, technical implementation, and governance rigor across AI, data, privacy, security, and enterprise transformation.

Founder & Principal Consultant, Digital 520 President & Chief Scientist, Disruptive AI Lab President, Ethical Tech Forum CIPM
Portrait of Noah Kenney
Advisory Reach
60+
Organizations supported across AI strategy, delivery, and governance engagements.
Systems Delivered
3M+
End users served through digital systems, websites, AI-enabled tools, and platforms.
7-Figure
Built Digital 520 from zero into a seven-figure annual run-rate consultancy.
40+
AI projects led or supported across regulated, mission-driven, and growth-stage environments.
5,000+
Professionals reached annually through events, talks, podcasts, and governance education.
45+
Active certifications spanning privacy, cybersecurity, AI, management, and technical strategy.
Ecosystem

Three organizations. One goal.

Every project Noah takes on has the same goal of advancing the use of emerging technologies, while ensuring they are developed, deployed, and utilized in a sustainable and ethical manner.

Consulting Platform

Digital 520

A high-end consultancy helping organizations modernize infrastructure, execute digital transformation, operationalize AI, and strengthen privacy, security, and governance.

AI Strategy Fractional CTO Digital Transformation Governance
Applied Research

Disruptive AI Lab

An applied R&D platform focused on high-impact AI systems, translational research, and practical deployment in high-risk and regulated domains.

AI R&D High-Risk Systems Scientific Innovation Healthcare AI
Thought Leadership

Ethical Tech Forum

A governance-oriented think tank advancing standards, frameworks, and conversations around responsible AI, privacy engineering, and the future of emerging technology.

AI Governance Policy Translation Privacy Standards
What I Offer

Core advisory and execution capabilities.

Operating across boadroom strategy, technical implementation, and durable governance, I offer a range of services, each designed to support the needs of your business or organization.

01

AI & Data Strategy

Define where AI creates enterprise value, which systems to prioritize, and how to move from experimentation to scalable adoption.

  • Executive AI roadmaps and transformation strategy
  • Use case prioritization, operating models, and risk framing
  • Data readiness, architecture direction, and vendor evaluation
02

Privacy, Security & Governance

Translate legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements into practical controls, workflows, and governance structures that teams can actually implement.

  • AI governance frameworks and policy operationalization
  • Privacy engineering, PIA support, and data minimization
  • Risk management aligned to emerging standards
03

Fractional Technical Leadership

Provide senior leadership across product, infrastructure, digital systems, and modernization efforts where organizations need strategic depth and execution oversight.

  • Fractional CTO / technology advisory
  • Architecture oversight and modernization programs
  • Cross-functional team leadership and vendor management

Turn emerging technology into strategic advantage.

Work with Noah to develop AI, governance, and digital transformation strategies that move organizations from experimentation to real enterprise value.

Experience

Real work. Real outcomes. Real impact.

These highlights reflect Noah’s work across consulting, applied AI, governance research, and public engagement—helping organizations build technology that is usable, governable, and strategically valuable.

Selected Highlights

From startup operator to multi-platform advisor.

View featured highlights below, covering my career as a principal consultant, applied AI builder, governance researcher, and public-facing communicator.

Digital 520 Founder & Principal Consultant
Scaled an advisory-led business, led P&L and delivery, and directed technical strategy and AI initiatives across dozens of organizations.
Disruptive AI Lab President & Chief Scientist
Led AI projects, governance initiatives, and applied research programs while building thought leadership around responsible, high-impact AI.
Georgia Tech Research + Teaching
Contributed to AI privacy engineering education and research, including healthcare AI work and course development in privacy, policy, and law.
HOW I HELP
“I help organizations make advanced technology usable, governable, and strategically valuable.”

Latest Research

Policy Proposal for Improving SDG 4, SDG 8, and SDG 9

This policy proposal contains seven policies for secondary schools to increase college matriculation rates (quality education), increase workforce salaries, and improve industry, innovation, and infrastructure. Each policy aligns to one or more Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations.

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An Improved Neural Network Model Architecture

This research presents a new model for a neural network structure that is loosely based on the design of atoms and molecules, allowing for a circular flow of data. This has the benefit of allowing for pass-through nodes (increasing efficiency significantly) and allowing us to more accurately predict the binary state of a particular node in advance (0 or 1).

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Analysis of Machine Learning and Computer Vision Emphasizing Unified Ant Colony Optimization

Through this paper, we analyze specific branches of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, such as Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV). Specifically, we explore synergies between ML and CV, highlighting how Unified Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) serves as a unifying optimization technique in addressing complex problems within these domains. We also delve into the intricacies of ML and CV, examining both their theoretical foundations and practical applications, before exploring the Unified ACO algorithm and considering how it can be utilized to address difficult computational problems.

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