Stella Blue Networks delivers the full spectrum of AI governance services — EU AI Act compliance audits, custom LLM builds, AI security, and enterprise AI strategy — across the US and Europe. AI Governance leadership based in Chicago and Europe.
Every service is delivered by AI governance professionals with deep knowledge of the EU AI Act, GDPR intersection, and enterprise AI architecture. No generalists. No guesswork.
High-risk AI system enforcement begins 2 August 2026. Organisations deploying AI in hiring, credit scoring, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, education, or healthcare need compliance documentation now — not in July.
Published on LinkedIn — reverse-chronological. Hard-hitting, investigative analysis on AI governance, risk, and the future of enterprise AI. No hype. Just signal.
On 28 February 2026, a strike destroyed a girls' school in Iran's Hormozgan province. Multiple investigations point to AI-assisted targeting. This may be the most consequential AI governance failure in history — and almost no one is calling it that.
Read on LinkedIn →Without proper AI Governance in the C-Suite, a billion-dollar company may be wiped out overnight. 2026 is a massive shift in the white-collar workspace — with blue collar close behind in 2027. Which companies will still be standing?
Read on LinkedIn →Eric Schmidt told Congress the number nobody wants to hear: 92 gigawatts of new power capacity needed now. Every Fortune 500 AI roadmap assumes electricity that doesn't exist. Your AI strategy just hit a brick wall.
Read on LinkedIn →The latest from the International Association of Privacy Professionals — the authoritative voice in AI governance, privacy law, and digital responsibility.
High-risk AI system enforcement under the EU AI Act remains on track for 2 August 2026. The AI Act Omnibus reform negotiations have stalled, but enforcement of existing provisions — including transparency requirements for generative AI systems — still applies. Content marking and watermarking capabilities need to be production-ready now.
IAPP's landmark report categorises the expanding AI governance vendor ecosystem into four segments: Policy & Compliance, Technical Assessments, Assurance & Auditing, and Consulting & Advisory. AI governance is becoming a market, not just a discipline — and organisations increasingly rely on external vendors to augment internal capability.
The Stanford HAI AI Index 2026 highlights a 17% growth in AI governance roles in 2025 — but warns of a widening gap between what AI can do and how prepared organisations are to manage it. Governance professionals increasingly have a seat at the table, but considerable work remains ahead.
IAPP's flagship combined conference — Privacy, Security, Risk + AI Governance Global — takes place 6–9 October 2026 in Seattle. The event brings together professionals from across the globe to address the interconnected worlds of privacy, AI, technology, and cybersecurity law. CPE credits available.
Illustrative examples of AI governance engagements. Client case studies will be published here as projects complete.
Challenge: EuroBank was deploying an AI-driven credit scoring system across five EU member states needing full conformity assessment and compliance documentation for submission to BaFin.
Challenge: MedTech EU was integrating an AI-powered diagnostic imaging assistant into clinical workflows. The tool fell within the EU AI Act's high-risk classification for medical devices, requiring an AI security audit, privacy impact assessment, and a compliant implementation roadmap.
Challenge: RetailGroup was rolling out a custom LLM-powered customer service platform across eight EU markets requiring LLM routing architecture, output safety guardrails, a bias audit, and a compliance-approved implementation plan.
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Brian Harper is a technology executive with 35 years of experience spanning the full arc of the digital revolution — from 1980s electronics to enterprise AI architecture to EU regulatory compliance. He holds dual EU–US citizenship and is based in Europe, where he consults on EU AI Act compliance for mid-market and enterprise organisations.
Brian founded Stella Blue Networks and EU AI Governance Assurance Group following a career that included senior executive and Director-level technology roles. He is an AI Governance Professional and IAPP Consultant, a keynote speaker, and a corporate AI trainer. He has taught AI governance to workforce re-entry students and developed some of the most widely used AIGP study materials available today.
He has secured a book deal with Penguin Books UK for his first non-fiction book on AI that will appeal to any audience.
Brian brings something rare to AI governance: a technologist's forensic precision combined with a compliance professional's understanding of regulatory risk — across both US and European frameworks.
Brian Harper is directly available for engagements and events upon request.
Stella Blue Networks engages a network of specialist AI governance consultants, legal advisors, and technical architects with each engagement scaled to match the client needs.
Stella Blue Networks operates from Dublin, Ireland — serving the European market — with a US advisory presence in Chicago.
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