The things that
must be borne.
Ferendis delivers AI governance and compliance for regulated industries. We exist because regulated AI is a continuing obligation. The program has to hold across audits, regulatory change, model updates, and years of growth.
Our thesis
The frameworks are multiplying, ISO 42001, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act, and converging with the regulatory regimes that already govern healthcare, life sciences, finance, and federal work. Enterprises are expected to satisfy all of them at once, continuously, and to prove it under audit.
Tooling can automate evidence collection, risk classification, and monitoring. But the layer that determines regulatory defensibility, interpretation, judgment, audit defense, clinical and bias assessment, the regulated-industry overlays, cannot be automated. That work is what Ferendis owns, end to end.
Built in. Not bolted on.
Founder
Deepali Gosain
Deepali is an enterprise AI and transformation leader with deep expertise in AI governance, compliance, and digital transformation across regulated industries. As Founder and CEO of Ferendis, she leads end-to-end AI governance and compliance for clients navigating frameworks including ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, 21 CFR Part 11, and IEC 62304.
Prior to founding Ferendis, Deepali spent 11 years in senior leadership at Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO), leading digital engineering across cloud-native SaaS, IoT platforms, connected devices, and AI/ML initiatives in FDA/GxP regulated environments. Earlier, she held senior leadership roles at Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) across ERP, CRM, and manufacturing product lines, and launched Oracle Shop Floor Management (OSFM) for semiconductor manufacturing.
Deepali holds an MS in Management Science and Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics, both from Stanford University.
Business Development
Joseph Pineda
Joseph leads sales and business development, building the scalable go-to-market systems and processes that turn complex, regulated offerings into clear value for clients. His focus is the full sales cycle, from first conversation through to a relationship that holds and grows.
Over a career spanning real estate, EdTech, and SaaS, Joseph has led sales operations in high-growth environments and sold into both SMB and large enterprise accounts. He brings particular strength in streamlining processes, navigating complex verticals, and building relationships at the highest levels.
Board of Advisors
Vikas Ahuja
Security and identity engineering leader specializing in hyperscale authentication, authorization, access enforcement, and AI-native governance systems.
Over 18+ years across Microsoft and Meta, Vikas has built and scaled critical security infrastructure: the Office 365 authentication pipeline serving 500M+ users, secure cloud and data center platforms used by 25K+ engineers at Microsoft, policy enforcement systems protecting Office applications, and large-scale governance infrastructure supporting billions of users across Meta products.
Mo Elbashir
AI governance and policy leader working at the intersection of infrastructure risk, internet governance, and the regulation of trustworthy AI.
Mo is Global Infrastructure Risk and Enablement Manager at Meta and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center. He co-managed ICANN's global internet governance transition and is completing a PhD in AI governance at the University of Bath.