Richard Searle

Dr. Richard Searle is chief AI officer at Fortanix. Searle has an extensive background in complex systems engineering and the application of machine learning for data discovery and now leads the strategic development and deployment of AI systems that are secured using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) on CPU, GPU, and NPU platforms. Searle previously served as both General Members’ Representative to the Governing Board and Chair of the End-User Advisory Council of the Confidential Computing Consortium of the Linux Foundation and regularly contributes thought-leadership articles and talks on quantum computing, quantum information security, AI security, and the applications of confidential computing. He  holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Henley Business School at the University of Reading, has filed patents and published conference papers and journal articles on the application of Confidential Computing technology. He is currently conducting research on the use of AI systems within the context of national security and also serves as the principal investigator for Fortanix within the U.S. NIST AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), addressing AI security and the specific risks of generative AI technology.