Pelumi A.

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DISC Type : C

AI Risk & Compliance Lead / Technical Program Manager at WM

Houston, Texas, United States

Overview

Pelumi Akande is an AI Risk & Governance Lead at WM, specializing in building frameworks for trustworthy and compliant enterprise AI. With a background as a Technical Program Manager at Paramount and Disney, she holds a NIST AI RMF certification. Colleagues consistently describe her as a passionate and knowledgeable "program management rock star".

Her professional focus is deeply intertwined with her passion for operationalizing principles like fairness, transparency, and human oversight into real-world practices. She is driven to solve complex problems and ensure technology is deployed responsibly and effectively, genuinely caring about her teams success.

She architected Waste Managements entire AI governance framework from the ground up, overseeing 40+ GenAI and agentic use cases.

Personality Overview

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Objective Thinker

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.  They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Topics They Care About

Responsible AI Governance
Her core focus is building systems to make AI trustworthy and compliant, recently completing Microsoft's training to translate responsible AI principles into governance practices.
AI Risk Management
She is certified in the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and responsible for AI intake, risk assessment, and approval processes at an enterprise scale.
Enterprise AI Adoption
She led the enterprise rollout of Microsoft Copilot and custom AI agents at WM, demonstrating her expertise in deploying AI solutions at scale.

Media Appearances

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Work History

12-2024
AI Risk & Compliance Lead / Technical Program Manager at WM
3-2023 - 9-2024
Senior Technical Project Manager at Paramount Pictures
8-2022 - 2-2023
Senior Technical Project Manager at The Walt Disney Company
12-2021 - 7-2022
Technical Project Manager/ SAFE Agile Coach (Contract) at Direct TV
3-2018 - 11-2021
Scrum Master/ Agile Technical Project Manager at Health Career Connection

Education

1-2022 - 1-2024
Master of Engineering - MEng from University of california san diego
2019 - 2021
Bachelor's degree from University of California, Riverside

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Insights For Selling To Pelumi

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pelumi is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pelumi

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pelumi move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Pelumi take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Pelumi

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