The Operational AI Governance authority for mid-market organizations. We help organizations operationalize AI governance through controls, risk management, and enterprise oversight.
Organizations are adopting AI faster than they are governing it. Employees use ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools on sensitive company data without guardrails. Departments deploy AI applications without risk assessments. Regulators are issuing guidance faster than organizations can operationalize it.
This is the gap Sentinel was built to fill.
Most AI consulting firms focus on technology implementation - helping organizations deploy AI faster. Sentinel focuses on what is missing: the governance structures, risk frameworks, and operational controls that make AI adoption safe, sustainable, and defensible.
Sharelle Wilkinson founded Sentinel because she recognized a pattern that traditional AI consulting was not addressing. Organizations were adopting AI tools rapidly, but almost none had the governance structures, risk frameworks, or operational controls needed to manage the associated exposure.
Her background in operational risk, governance, controls, and process improvement gave her a perspective most AI consultants lack. She understood that AI adoption is not primarily a technology challenge - it is a governance, operational, and leadership challenge.
Sentinel is the result of that insight.
"The market had plenty of firms that could help organizations adopt AI. What it didn't have was a firm dedicated to helping them govern it. I built Sentinel to be that firm."
- Sharelle Wilkinson, Founder
AI governance should be practical, proportional, and actionable. Too many frameworks are either academically abstract or designed for enterprises ten times your size. We build governance that matches your operational reality - comprehensive enough to satisfy regulators, lean enough to implement, and adaptable as AI evolves.
Sentinel is not aligned with any AI vendor, platform, or technology. Our recommendations are driven solely by your risk profile and operational context. We do not sell software licenses. We sell frameworks, controls, and operational readiness.
Sentinel is built to grow with its clients. Every engagement starts with an AI GRC Assessment, and many organizations progress to a full governance framework and an ongoing fractional advisory relationship. As AI adoption and regulation evolve, so does the depth and focus of our practice.
Request an AI GRC Assessment. The starting point for every governance program.