Eleonore Fournier-tombs
Chief AI Officer at United Nations Symphony Orchestra
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolEleonore Fournier-tombs is a seasoned AI and digital transformation executive leading enterprise AI strategy and governance as Chief AI Officer for New York State, responsible for safe AI deployment across 51 agencies serving nearly 20 million residents. With two decades of experience across the United Nations, World Bank, and highly regulated environments, she specializes in operationalizing generative AI, data governance, and cybersecurity-aligned risk frameworks at scale. She has designed governance methodologies that reconcile New York State law with the EU AI Act and NIST standards, and has led statewide implementations of platforms like Gemini and Claude Code. An academic practitioner who teaches data science, information security, and international cooperation, she blends scholarly rigor—PhD-level training and postdoctoral research—with hands-on program delivery. Beyond policy and tech, she brings a practical eye for information exposure risks in productivity systems and a creative personal side as a cellist with the UN Symphony Orchestra.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Study Abroad Political Science, Study Abroad Political Science at Universidad Complutense de MadridMaster of Information Knowledge Media Design Digital Democracy, Master of Information Knowledge Media Design Digital Democracy at University of TorontoPostdoctoral Researcher Information Science/Studies, Postdoctoral Researcher Information Science/Studies at McGill UniversityMSc Development Management, MSc Development Management at SOAS University of LondonDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Information Systems (Natural Language Processing and ML), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Information Systems (Natural Language Processing and ML) at University of GenevaDEC Liberal Arts, DEC Liberal Arts at Dawson College
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (3)
tla7
discourse7
gleam6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
eleonoreft/DelibAnalysis
Jun 2015 - Feb 2021
Project Discourse Quality for political deliberations online.
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 21 pushes in 5 years 8 months
gleamdiscourseoptimizationspoliticaltla
eleonoreft/indigenous-parliaments
Jul 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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