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LEADERSHIP

Experience from every side
of the trust equation.

Most companies don’t discover weaknesses in their trust posture from the inside. They discover them in a sales process, investor diligence, or regulatory scrutiny. Aetos was built by founders who understand how trust is evaluated in those moments and what companies need in place before they get there.

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Trust is built inside your company.
But it is judged outside of it.

Strong companies build trust through the decisions they make, the controls they operate, and the evidence they maintain. That trust is tested by buyers, investors, regulators, and partners who expect proof.

Built inside the business

Trust depends on product decisions, data use, AI governance, vendor oversight, workflows, ownership, and evidence
Judged outside the business

Trust is tested in buyer reviews, procurement, investor diligence, partner scrutiny, and regulatory review.

WHY THIS TEAM

Scaling companies need more than
advice, automation, or another checklist.

They need trust infrastructure that can be operated by the business, understood by internal teams, and proven when buyers, investors, regulators, or partners ask.

They need:

Clear priorities

Know what matters now, what can wait, and what needs to be ready before the next growth milestone.

Operational ownership

Turn privacy, AI governance, and cybersecurity requirements into workflows, evidence, and accountable owners.

Review-ready evidence

Prepare for buyer reviews, investor diligence, regulatory scrutiny, and partner risk questions before they become blockers.

Growth alignment

Build trust infrastructure that supports revenue, valuation, and scale instead of slowing the business down.

THE AETOS ADVANTAGE

We combine cross-functional trust expertise with real-world operating experience.

Enterprise buyer perspective

We understand how trust gets evaluated in sales cycles, security reviews, procurement, and vendor onboarding. That helps Aetos clients prepare for the questions that could otherwise delay or derail deals.

Investor and capital markets perspective

We understand how investors evaluate durability, operational maturity, and risk exposure, so Aetos clients enter diligence with stronger evidence and fewer surprises.

Regulated industry perspective

We understand environments where scrutiny is constant and documentation matters. This helps Aetos clients build programs that are practical, defensible, and easier to maintain.

Operator’s perspective

We understand that trust work has to live inside the company. This means having clear ownership, usable workflows, maintained evidence, and decisions that teams can execute.

WHERE AETOS LEADERSHIP SHOWS UP

PRODUCT & ENGINEERING DECISIONS

We work alongside teams as products are built, helping integrate privacy, AI governance, cybersecurity, and compliance considerations into architecture and data flows before they become expensive to retrofit.
BUYER & INVESTOR READINESS

We prepare the evidence, documentation, and operating narrative needed for security reviews, procurement scrutiny, investor diligence, and enterprise trust questions.
OPERATING CADENCE

We help keep trust work moving with clear ownership, repeatable workflows, evidence management, vendor oversight, and recurring review rhythms that scale with the business.

THE AETOS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Shayne Adler
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Shayne brings legal precision, operational systems thinking, and program leadership to the way Aetos builds trust infrastructure. She translates complex privacy, AI governance, and security requirements into practical workflows that teams can follow.
AT AETOS
Shayne turns “we should be doing this” into a clear, review-ready operating cadence that legal, product, engineering, and leadership teams can actually use.
CREDENTIALS & BACKGROUND
- IAPP AI Governance Professional (AIGP)
- IBITGQ Certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
- Program & Project Management
- M.St. in Entrepreneurship candidate, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
- MBA, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
- JD, University of California
- BA, Columbia University
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Lauren Krauss
CO-FOUNDER
Lauren brings and operator’s and investor’s perspective to how trust shows up in revenue, valuation, procurement, and buyer confidence. She helps teams understand how compliance is perceived on the other side of the table and where it can either accelerate or block growth.
AT AETOS
Lauren aligns trust investments with go-to-market realities, sales cycles, diligence expectations, and business priorities.
CREDENTIALS & BACKGROUND
- Regulated financial products experience
- GTM strategy & revenue operations
- Investor & board reporting
- Procurement & enterprise sales enablement
- BA, Smith College
- Degree in Economics
- Minors in fine art, neuroscience, & psychology
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Michael Adler
CO-FOUNDER
Michael brings high-stakes legal, national security, and regulatory experience to privacy and AI governance strategy. He identifies where real risk sits and informs the governance frameworks Aetos builds: defensible, practical, and calibrated to hold up under sophisticated scrutiny.
AT AETOS
Michael shapes the strategy and methodology behind our work, translating regulatory complexity into clear priorities, evidence structures, and frameworks.
CREDENTIALS & BACKGROUND
- IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E)
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CTAML)
- M.St. in Entrepreneurship, University of Cambridge Judge Business School (King’s College)
- JD, Vanderbilt University
- MPA, George Washington University
- BA, Michigan State University (James Madison Honors College)
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