About Us

Our Mission

Organizations today face growing pressure to adopt AI, often without the clarity, readiness, or governance needed to do so responsibly.

INTLDA advises organizations to make informed, defensible decisions about data and AI. We work with leaders and teams to assess readiness, clarify priorities, and put the right governance and guardrails in place, so AI delivers real value without unintended consequences.

Our role is to bring clarity where there is uncertainty, and structure where there is risk.

Our Values

Independent Advice | Clear Decisions | Responsible Impact

Independence & Integrity

We provide vendor-neutral guidance grounded in experience. Our advice is shaped by what is right for our clients, not by tools, platforms, or partnerships.

Clarity over Complexity

We cut through hype and ambiguity to help leaders make clear, defensible decisions about AI, aligned to business goals, readiness, and risk.

Responsible Impact

We focus on outcomes that are effective and trustworthy, supported by governance, guardrails, and practical adoption so innovation doesn’t introduce avoidable risk.

How We Work

Our approach helps organizations move from AI pressure to clear, defensible decisions, balancing opportunity, readiness, governance, and risk before action.

Clarity before Action

We start by clarifying the real problem to solve and what success looks like, so AI efforts are purposeful, aligned, and defensible.

Risk Informed Decisions

We evaluate AI options through business value and ethical, regulatory, security, and reputational risk, enabling decisions leaders can stand behind.

Aligned Strategy & Governance

We connect strategy, data readiness, governance, and operating reality so AI initiatives scale responsibly, not as fragmented experiments.

Practical, Phased Roadmaps

We translate priorities into a phased roadmap, what to do now, what to defer, and what to avoid, based on feasibility, readiness, and risk.

Advisory Ecosystem

As a boutique firm, we draw on a trusted network of senior specialists across governance, policy, legal, cybersecurity, and technology, bringing the right expertise when needed.

Meet Our Team

Our team brings deep expertise across AI, governance, responsible AI, and real-world technology implementation. We work as trusted advisors to help organizations navigate the risks, opportunities, and complexities of artificial intelligence, grounded in how AI systems are actually built, deployed, and used.

Drawing on experience across industry, research, and global contexts, our advisors combine technical depth, governance insight, and practical judgment to support responsible, scalable AI adoption.

Uvika Sharma

Managing Partner

Uvika Sharma is a senior advisor with over 20 years of experience advising organizations on digital transformation, data analytics, and AI. She works with corporations, startups, government agencies and international organizations to define complex problems, design durable solutions, and develop pragmatic roadmaps that deliver measurable impact.

Uvika brings a strong technical foundation and business acumen to her work, helping leaders navigate AI adoption, governance, risk, and responsible use. She is known for translating complex AI concepts into practical, decision-ready guidance for executives, policymakers, and non-technical stakeholders.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Stony Brook University and an MBA from Cornell University, and advises startups through programs such as Cornell Tech and Harvard Business School Startup Partners.

Evan Benjamin

AI Governance & Compliance Advisor

Evan Benjamin brings over 25 years of IT and system administration experience and serves as an AI Governance & Compliance Advisor for INTLDA. He is actively involved in AI compliance projects for small and mid-sized organizations and integrates AI auditing practices and principles into real-world implementations.

He holds multiple advanced certifications, including AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT (IAPP), CAIO, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, and FHCA (ForHumanity Certified Auditor), along with numerous additional industry credentials. His expertise spans databases, networks, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, supported by undergraduate studies in mathematics and statistics, providing a strong foundation for his work in AI governance and algorithmic auditing.

Evan is also an active voice in the AI governance community, writing regularly on AI governance, auditing, and compliance from a practical, client-oriented perspective. Outside of his professional work, he is an avid reader and enjoys learning languages, including German, Greek, and Hebrew.

Sahaj Vaidya

Responsible AI & Governance Associate Advisor

At INTLDA, Sahaj Vaidya contributes to responsible AI and governance initiatives, supporting research-informed guidance and global perspectives on ethics, accountability, and data governance. She is also a Senior Research Associate at the Koita Centre for Digital Health, Ashoka University, India, where she contributes to national and international initiatives on responsible AI, digital health governance, and data policy.

Sahaj's work focuses on integrating ethics, accountability, and system-level governance into AI-driven systems. She has represented India’s emerging perspectives on AI ethics at global forums, including the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, and has received recognition such as the Best Poster Award at a UN-co-organized workshop and inclusion among ELLE Magazine’s Top 4 Women in AI (2025).

Grainne Popen

AI Governance & Legal Advisor

Grainne Popen is a legal and governance specialist working at the intersection of technology, law, and public policy. She is a law graduate of University College Dublin with expertise in AI governance, data protection, and technology innovation. At INTLDA, she contributes legal and governance perspectives to support informed discussions on AI risk, regulation, and responsible technology adoption.

Her experience includes policy work with the United States Congress, training at DLA Piper and Eversheds Sutherland in technology law, and advisory roles supporting AI ecosystem development through the United States Artificial Intelligence Institute and Fledger. She brings a global perspective, having worked across multiple jurisdictions with stakeholders in over 97 countries.

Grainne is the co-host of the award-nominated AI Insights Podcast and has published academic work on AI governance, digital rights, and the societal impacts of emerging technologies.