# About — Enrique (Rick) Sanchez, Jr.

> Full biography and timeline résumé: engineer, cryptologic officer, patent attorney, professor, and Chief AI Officer.

Source: https://ricksanchez.org/about.html · Updated: 2026-09-02 · Contact: rick@ricksanchez.org · (877) AI-CAIO-1

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## About.

Five careers, one problem. I did not arrive at AI governance from a single direction — engineering, cryptology, patent practice, the classroom, and an executive seat each taught me a language the others do not speak. Standing in the space between them is the work.

#### A Translator Between the Lab and the Boardroom.

Most AI programs stall in the same place: engineers who cannot read the regulation, lawyers who cannot read the architecture, and executives who need one answer they can sign. I spent a decade prosecuting and litigating patents in the technologies underneath today's AI systems — signal processing, semiconductors, cryptography — before governance was a job title.

Most lawyers stop at the legal requirement. Most consultants stop at the ISO clause. The work I do continues into the governance process, the technical rationale, the policy language, the evidence an auditor will expect, and how the board should oversee all of it.

### The Long Version.

**2026 – Present**

#### Chief AI Officer

First CAIO at the AI integration layer for healthcare. Owns model oversight, governance frameworks, and the compliance backbone as clinical deployments expand.

**2026 – Present**

#### Chief AI & Strategy Officer

Guides AI strategy, the governance framework, responsible deployment practices, strategic partnerships, and the innovation roadmap at a global intelligence company building technology to raise human intelligence.

**2026 – Present**

#### Adjunct Professor of Law

Teaching AI Governance & Policy beginning Fall 2026.

**2022 – Present**

#### Equity Member

Head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Section. Practice spans AI governance, prosecution, litigation, licensing, and post-grant proceedings across AI, blockchain, semiconductors, VR and AR, VTOL, and finance.

**2019 – 2022**

#### Member

**2016 – 2019**

#### Associate

**2015 – 2016**

#### EVP of Licensing & IP Counsel

Managed multinational litigation across the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and China — multiple German injunctions, all claims upheld in a German nullity hearing, simultaneous saisie-contrefaçon in France, and defeated Italian declaratory actions.

**2014 – 2015**

#### SVP of Licensing

Licensing campaigns across a broad range of portfolios — licensee identification, deal structure, and negotiation.

**2013 – 2014**

#### Director

Patent monetization strategy, license negotiation, and portfolio diligence alongside inventors, experts, and counsel.

**2012 – 2013**

#### Associate

Patent litigation across semiconductors, power electronics, mobile devices, telecommunications, CAD software, medical devices, and streaming. Part of the trial team that secured a multi-million-dollar award in power electronics.

**2009 – 2012**

#### Law Clerk

**2008 – 2009**

#### Director of Intellectual Property

Managed patent, trademark, and copyright portfolios and worked with technical staff to develop future IP assets.

**2006 – 2008**

#### Technical Consultant

**2006**

#### Senior Systems Engineer

**2004 – 2005**

#### DSP & Communications Engineer

Custom signal processing and digital communications systems, image processing, and FPGA-based designs.

**2003 – 2004**

#### Signal Processing Engineer

**Service**

**2004 – 2008**

#### Cryptologic Officer (1645)

Technical expertise and training on signal processing and space-related topics for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and Naval Security Group Reserve. Honorably discharged.

**2003 – 2004**

#### Cryptologic Technician Technical

**Education**

**2026**

#### Post Graduate Program in AI & Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence and machine learning for business applications — models, deployment, and the decisions leaders have to make about both.

**2026**

#### Chief AI Officer Program (pilot cohort)

Accepted to the inaugural cohort, beginning June 2026.

**2026**

#### Professional Certificate (in progress)

Twelve-month Digital Transformation in the AI Age program — Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation, Applied Generative AI, Innovative Leadership, Leadership for the AI Age, and Cultural Awareness for Global Business.

**2012**

#### Juris Doctor

National Order of Barristers.

**2004**

#### B.S., Electrical Engineering; Minor, Mathematics

Klipsch Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship. University Senator, College of Engineering Representative.

**Admissions**

**Certifications & Programs**

**Honors**

**Associations**

**Community**

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