AZYL.ai
Safe harbor for AI risk.
Founder
Portrait of Wally Koscielny

Wally Koscielny

Fractional CAIO · Board Advisor
New York Metro

Democratizing enterprise AI, safely.

Wally Koscielny has spent 25+ years governing technology risk inside globally systemic financial institutions. At BNY, Wally launched and chaired the Risk & Control AI Governance Council, co-authored the firm’s first enterprise AI risk and control standards, anchored in the NIST AI RMF, and pioneered some of its first multi-agent systems.

AZYL.ai brings that experience to leadership teams and boards, with AI governance that does not stifle innovation, but remains credible to regulators.

Services
01

Fractional Chief AI Officer

Executive AI leadership without a full-time hire. AI strategy and use case portfolio, a governance council and standards that fit your risk appetite, and proportionate controls built into delivery rather than bolted on.

02

Board Advisory

An experienced, independent perspective for boards and risk committees on AI risk posture, oversight duties, and regulatory exposure, including the right questions to put to management.

Track record
  • Founding Chair, Risk & Control AI Governance CouncilBNY
  • Co-author, enterprise AI Risk & Control StandardsNIST AI RMF
  • Board, ExCo and C-suite presentations on AI and risk50+
  • Regulator briefings on AI governanceFRBNY · OCC
Speaking
Wally Koscielny speaking on a panel about AI regulation, risks and controls at BCI Summit Wally Koscielny presenting AI use cases at the BNY Global AI Expo 2024 Wally Koscielny on the BCI Summit panel Mitigating AI Risks with Employee Training and Upskilling
  • AI return on investment Roundtable lead · Executive Data Council, NYC
  • AI regulations, risks and controls Panelist · BCI Summit, NYC
  • Mitigating AI risks with employee training and upskilling Panelist · BCI Summit, NYC
  • AI in risk and controls Presenter · BNY Global AI Expo 2024, NYC
Experience
  • BNY · Head of Controls AI, Metrics & Analytics2017–2026
  • Goldman Sachs · Global Head of Technology Infrastructure Risk, Resiliency & Controls1999–2017
Frameworks
  • NIST AI RMF
  • EU AI Act
  • ISO/IEC 42001
  • Agentic AI oversight
  • Model risk
  • FRBNY · OCC · SEC
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Contact

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A few lines on your organization and what you’re working through is plenty. Messages go directly to Wally.

or email wally@azyl.ai