Jake Walton is vice president of quality, compliance, and privacy at MasterControl, bringing extensive experience in FDA regulation and quality management systems to the challenge of responsible AI deployment in life sciences.

With nearly 20 years of experience across global regulatory, security, and privacy frameworks, his expertise includes FDA regulations (21 CFR Parts 11, 58, 210, 211 and 820) and ISO standards such as 9001, 27001, and 42001. He leads enterprisewide programs in quality, AI governance, and information security, aligning AI systems with frameworks like the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, and the OECD AI Principles. Concurrently, he oversees quality, security, privacy controls based on ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, GDPR, and CCPA to ensure innovation is compliant, secure, and trustworthy.