Dale Martin

Author · Speaker · Trusted AI Advisor

Dale Martin

Building Trusted AI from the Inside Out.

Three decades in enterprise technology. Now building what comes next — a book, a practice, and an honest record of the road.

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Bears & Mosquitoes.

Building Trusted AI from the Inside Out. Available now on Kindle, with paperback and hardcover landing within days.

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The Journal.

Writing on AI, trust, and the systems that make things work — from someone who started with zero technical skills and a lot of questions.

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Work

MortarCloud.

Trusted AI advisory for leaders who need real answers, not theory. Assessment, governance design, and board-level guidance.

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About

After three decades building, running, and governing technology at every scale — most recently leading responsible AI for Thermo Fisher Scientific's 100,000+ employees — Dale Martin is building what comes next.

Through MortarCloud, Dale helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and practitioners build AI they can actually trust — with a framework grounded in real enterprise experience, not theory.

He's a systems thinker who believes AI doesn't replace wisdom, it unleashes it.

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Speaking topics

Trusted AI from the Inside Out

Why governance-first is a competitive strategy, not a compliance burden.

The Quiet Risks

The AI threats you defended against — and the ones you didn't see coming.

Enterprise AI at Scale

What 30 years and 100,000+ employees actually teach you about deploying AI.

The AI Trust Advantage

How organizations that build trust into their AI will outcompete those that don't.

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Occasional notes on trusted AI, building in public, and lessons from the campfire.

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