Modalities
2-week governance audits, escalation design sprints, and fractional product-risk leadership.
Work
Incident-grade governance for AI systems in regulated operations
I help CIO/CTO and product-risk teams make AI systems governable at 2am—clear override authority, escalation clocks, and audit trails that hold under pressure.
Start a conversation (get a scoped recommendation)
Share your context and receive a recommended next step within 48 hours.
Markets
Healthcare, fintech, and enterprise products operating under regulatory pressure.
Outcomes
Faster detection/intervention loops, clearer ownership, and stronger recovery.
Featured outcomes
Proof points to start with
Scan the results first, then dig into the artifacts and log entries that back them up.
Decision clarity
Fewer “maybe” decisions, more crisp tradeoffs
Create a decision trail that aligns stakeholders and makes risk explicit before a roadmap locks in.
Jump to proof →Adoption outcomes
A tighter MVP that users actually adopt
Scope the smallest viable path that proves value in clinical workflows, not just demos.
Jump to proof →Message clarity
Messaging that lands in 10 seconds
Make buyers understand what you do, for whom, and why now—without a long deck.
Jump to proof →Fit & focus
Fit
Who this is for
Ship products teams can sell and operate with confidence—especially when the cost of a wrong decision is measured in incidents, audits, and patient or customer harm.
Who this is for
- CIO/CTO, product risk, and responsible AI leaders shipping AI workflows in healthcare, fintech, or enterprise SaaS.
- Teams that need operational governance capability—not policy theater—to move forward safely.
- Organizations where compliance, trust, and reliability requirements shape roadmap choices.
- Leadership teams where buyer trust depends on decision custody, incident response, and auditability.
- Portfolio or operator groups trying to unstick a company blocked on product-risk decisions.
Regulated system signals
- Doximity Dialer launch and scale: 100M+ patient–clinician connections with HIPAA-conscious trust design.
- Director-level care experience leadership across Transcarent and City of Hope clinical workflows.
- Governance operations design: decision rights, override authority, escalation clocks, and incident learning loops.
- Venture/operator experience: EIR support, diligence templates, and founder governance rituals for stuck teams.
When this isn’t for you
- Teams looking for a full-time operator or embedded PM hire.
- Situations where decisions must stay vague or political.
- Long retainers without clear decision points.
- Business models that rely on ambiguous claims or dark patterns.
Practice model
How I partner with teams
A focused model for teams that need growth and governance to move together—so speed does not outrun control.
- Modalities2-week governance audits, escalation design sprints, and fractional product-risk leadership.
- MarketsHealthcare, fintech, and enterprise products operating under regulatory pressure.
- OutcomesFaster detection/intervention loops, clearer ownership, and stronger recovery.
Decision prompts
MVP scope + 30-day validation plan
Define the smallest scope that proves value in a real clinical workflow.
See related thinking: What is the real MVP? →Buyer/user clarity + wedge strategy
Map who pays, who uses, and where adoption stalls without their alignment.
See related thinking: Who is the buyer vs. the user? →Adoption diagnosis + first-change plan
Prioritize the first lever to move behavior without overbuilding.
See related thinking: Why is adoption flat? →Operational governance
Build decision and override systems that work during incidents
Define who can intervene, when escalation triggers, and what evidence survives audit and recovery.
- Decision rights map (ship, override, halt, rollback, audit).
- Escalation clocks, stop conditions, and operator-safe handoff rituals.
Healthcare + risk translation
Translate clinical, product, and compliance constraints into one operating plan
Connect clinical risk, regulatory controls, and delivery choices so teams can ship with confidence.
- Failure-mode mapping tied to patient/member harm and controls.
- Cross-functional operating language for product, risk, legal, and frontline teams.
Product + GTM
Make GTM credibility a consequence of governability
Positioning and scope decisions stay subordinate to controls, ownership, and auditability so commercial claims remain defensible.
- Buyer/user narrative grounded in accountable product behavior.
- Roadmap and messaging choices stress-tested against regulatory and incident risk.
Engagements
What you get
Engagement packages
Clear outputs, bounded timelines, and written decision recaps.
We start with the decision you’re stuck on, then scope the smallest engagement that resolves it.
Value framing
Every package pairs product clarity with GTM positioning so teams can move with confidence.
Which engagement fits?
- Need fast clarity? Start with an advisory call.
- Need a clear plan? Choose the product/GTM sprint.
- Need senior judgment over time? Go fractional.
Advisory calls (fast clarity)
Fast decision support when you need clear ownership, risk tradeoffs, and next actions.
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Advisory calls (fast clarity)
Fast decision support when you need clear ownership, risk tradeoffs, and next actions.
Outputs
- Ideal for: incident escalation questions, control gaps, roadmap-risk conflicts, and leadership alignment.
- Format: 60–90 minutes, pre-read encouraged.
- Output: written recap with decisions + recommended next actions.
What success looks like early
- Before: short context intake and shared documents.
- During: live decision framing with tradeoffs surfaced.
- After: recap delivered within 48 hours.
Success (30/60/90)
- 1 week: a clear decision and next action list.
- 30 days: reduced churn from unresolved internal debate.
- 90 days: decision implemented or cleanly parked.
2-week incident governance audit
Focused engagement to map failure modes, decision custody, and escalation behavior before risk compounds.
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2-week incident governance audit
Focused engagement to map failure modes, decision custody, and escalation behavior before risk compounds.
Outputs
- Decision rights map (ship, override, halt, rollback, audit).
- Escalation clock specification with owner SLAs.
- Audit log/override policy template for operators.
- 2-week action plan with first control changes.
What success looks like early
- Week 1: incident review, workflow tracing, and operator interviews.
- Week 2: decision-custody map, escalation clocks, and control spec shipped.
- Optional Week 3: implementation sequencing with product/risk owners.
Success (30/60/90)
- 30 days: ownership and escalation behavior instrumented in production paths.
- 60 days: time-to-detect/time-to-intervene trending down.
- 90 days: auditability and buyer confidence improve without process drag.
Fractional product-risk leadership
Senior product-risk judgment and operating cadence without a full-time executive hire.
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Fractional product-risk leadership
Senior product-risk judgment and operating cadence without a full-time executive hire.
Outputs
- Standing weekly sync + async review.
- Support on control ownership, roadmap-risk alignment, and cross-functional operating rituals.
- Executive-level tradeoff decisions and narrative building.
What success looks like early
- Week 1: onboarding and roadmap audit.
- Week 2: cadence and documentation rituals established.
- Week 3+: ongoing decision support and governance alignment.
Success (30/60/90)
- 30 days: clearer ownership map and risk-prioritized roadmap.
- 60 days: fewer stalled decisions across teams.
- 90 days: consistent delivery cadence with executive/risk alignment.
Engagement details
- Engagement & pricing: Advisory sessions (hourly), fixed-fee sprints, and monthly fractional support.
- Engagement sizing: If you share context and goals, I recommend the smallest engagement that gets a decision.
- Availability: Limited openings each quarter to keep the work hands-on.
- Async rhythm: Async-first documentation with 24–48 hour response windows.
- Engagement boundaries: Clear decision points, crisp scope, and written recaps after key milestones.
- Contact: Email: [email protected] · LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kanavjain · GitHub: github.com/zz-plant
Case studies
Proof depth
Case study arcs (redacted)
Problem → constraints → intervention → what shipped → measured change. Metrics are rounded and de-identified; range details are shared in intake for qualified teams.
Outcomes in one line
- Improved telehealth reachability with verified caller ID and trust signals.
- Reduced avoidable escalations after unifying records and redefining success.
- Faster high-risk review cycles with clearer ownership and auditability.
How I protect your team: I don’t name sensitive internal politics, and I never publish identifying details without consent. Metrics stay rounded and de-identified, artifacts are redacted, and access is limited to the stakeholders you choose. Quantified deltas are shared in redacted form when available.
Recommended first case study
Verified caller ID for HIPAA-conscious telehealth
Built trusted caller identity and guardrails so clinicians could reach patients without exposing private numbers.
- Problem: patients ignored unknown numbers, stalling telehealth care.
- Constraints: HIPAA privacy, carrier spoofing rules, and clinician adoption risk.
- Intervention: verified caller ID, clear consent copy, and fallback workflows.
Featured case studies at a glance
| Case | Domain | Timeline | Impact signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verified caller ID for HIPAA-conscious telehealth | Doximity | 2015–2017 | Pickup rates improved with verified identity rollouts. |
| Care navigation that cut avoidable escalations | Transcarent | 2020–2022 | Avoidable escalations dropped after routing and ownership changes. |
| Fiduciary-safe financial planning workflows | Andwise | 2022–2024 | High-risk recommendations reviewed faster. |
Verified caller ID for HIPAA-conscious telehealth
Built trusted caller identity and guardrails so clinicians could reach patients without exposing private numbers.
- Problem: patients ignored unknown numbers, stalling telehealth care.
- Constraints: HIPAA privacy, carrier spoofing rules, and clinician adoption risk.
- Intervention: verified caller ID, clear consent copy, and fallback workflows.
- Shipped: Dialer trust indicators and audit-ready call logs.
- Measured change: improved reachability and fewer spoofing concerns after launch.
Care navigation that cut avoidable escalations
Reframed success metrics around completed care plans to reduce rework and clinician load.
- Problem: escalations surged because guidance was fragmented across teams.
- Constraints: clinical governance, benefit partner rules, and variable patient acuity.
- Intervention: unified member record and clinician-led routing rules.
- Shipped: care plan completion dashboards and handoff rituals.
- Measured change: fewer escalations and stronger completion after unifying records.
Fiduciary-safe financial planning workflows
Balanced automated guidance with human oversight so recommendations stayed compliant and trusted.
- Problem: clinicians needed financial guidance without opaque sales pressure.
- Constraints: fiduciary duty, compliance review, and high-stakes decision anxiety.
- Intervention: advisory board governance and human-reviewed routing for riskier plans.
- Shipped: plain-language summaries and override logs tied to advisors.
- Measured change: faster reviews and cleaner ownership for high-risk guidance.
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Next availability: early Q3 2025.
Last updated: 2025-02-01.
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Partner feedback
“Kanav made our escalation paths visible in a week. The clarity reduced on-call stress immediately.”
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“The constraint map became our operating manual. We finally knew which decisions were binding.”
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A note on fit
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A note on fit
This is high-leverage strategic work, not executional delivery.
- I don’t write code or run delivery teams.
- I don’t run ads or lead paid acquisition.
- I’m not a generic slide-deck consultant.
- I avoid vague, open-ended retainers without decision points.
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- Full resume and timeline with detailed roles and outcomes.
- Systems journey that maps the scale and domains of the work.
- Writing archive for the research and frameworks behind the engagements.