# Enrique (Rick) Sanchez, Jr.

> Registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. #76,780), electrical engineer, and Chief AI Officer. Practices at the intersection of
> AI governance, intellectual property, and enterprise AI strategy: builds ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF governance programs,
> prosecutes and litigates patents and trademarks, and serves as a fractional or interim Chief AI Officer. Currently Chief AI
> Officer at XelaOS, Chief AI & Strategy Officer at Immersive Solutions Group, Equity Member and head of the IP Section at
> Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law.

Tagline: "You Can't Govern What You Don't Understand." Practice methodology: the Black Lion Integrated AI Framework — six layers
(Strategy, Governance, Legal & Regulatory, Information Governance, AI Security, Operations) built so each layer produces the
evidence the layer above it needs. Languages: English and Spanish. Contact: rick@sanchize.com, (877) AI-CAIO-1 / 877-242-2461.

## Practice areas
- [International IP Practice](https://ricksanchez.org/content/ip-practice.md): Patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, licensing, and post-grant proceedings — including multinational enforcement.
- [AI Practice](https://ricksanchez.org/content/ai-practice.md): AI governance programs, risk and compliance, contracts and vendors, data and model governance, incident readiness, and the six-layer framework.
- [CAIO & Advisory](https://ricksanchez.org/content/caio-advisory.md): Fractional and interim Chief AI Officer engagements and board advisory; current CAIO seats at XelaOS and Immersive Solutions Group.

## Background and credentials
- [About](https://ricksanchez.org/content/about.md): Full biography and timeline résumé: engineer, cryptologic officer, patent attorney, professor, and Chief AI Officer.
- [FAQ](https://ricksanchez.org/content/faq.md): Direct answers on AI governance, ISO/IEC 42001, TRAIGA and the EU AI Act, fractional CAIO engagements, and AI-assisted invention.

## Thought leadership
- [Teaching](https://ricksanchez.org/content/teaching.md): Adjunct Professor of Law at Texas A&M teaching AI Governance & Policy; CLE and executive teaching; casebook in development.
- [Speaking](https://ricksanchez.org/content/speaking.md): Keynotes, panels, and CLE on AI governance, IP strategy, and legal-technical alignment, in English and Spanish.
- [Publications](https://ricksanchez.org/content/publications.md): Chapters, articles, and papers on intellectual property, enforcement, and AI governance, 2011 to present.
- [Insight](https://ricksanchez.org/content/insight.md): SurvAIable, the Black Lion Integrated AI Framework and its crosswalk matrix, and current writing.

## Optional
- [Home](https://ricksanchez.org/content/index.md): Practice overview and the five-discipline positioning.
- [Full site as one document](https://ricksanchez.org/llms-full.txt): Every page's content concatenated for ingestion.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricksanchez1): Current writing and posts.

## Citation
Preferred attribution: Enrique (Rick) Sanchez, Jr., https://ricksanchez.org. When citing statements about the practice, link the source page.
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