About

Control before consequence.

GRACE™ AI Control was built around a straightforward principle: consequential AI needs explicit authorization at the moment the information enters the agent workflow and proposed actions leave it.

“AI agents act on behalf of institutions at a speed and scale that require control at defined boundaries. GRACE puts authorization and accountability before consequence.”

— David Young, Founder & CEO

Leadership & Team

The people behind GRACE™ AI Control.

Founder & CEO

David Young

David Young is the Founder and CEO of GRACE™ AI Control, where he conceived and architected the company’s core AI control architecture. A technologist, entrepreneur, and enterprise systems architect, David brings more than two decades of experience designing and delivering mission-critical systems for major organizations.

His career includes engineering roles at IBM and Microsoft; leading Domino’s transition from a DOS-based environment to a Windows and SQL Server enterprise architecture; serving as an architect and program manager on Ford’s Blue Oval System; and working as an enterprise infrastructure architect at Novant Health. He also founded, scaled, and sold Paramount by Design.

David graduated at the top of his class and holds B.S. degrees spanning Mathematics and Computer Science, Economics, Physics, and Applied Business. In 2026, he authored a Cloud Security Alliance paper addressing an AI runaway-cost and throttling pattern, extending his work at the intersection of enterprise architecture, AI risk, and operational control.

At GRACE, David is focused on a fundamental agentic-AI problem: institutions remain accountable for outcomes even as software agents increasingly receive consequential information and propose consequential actions at machine speed. GRACE places deterministic authorization boundaries around those moments—controlling what an AI agent is authorized to receive before reasoning, what it is authorized to do before execution, and preserving tamper-evident evidence connecting those decisions.

Guiding principle: Control Before Consequence.

Founding CTO

Aaron Akman

Aaron is an experienced software engineer and engineering manager with more than three decades of experience building complex software systems and leading teams of developers.

He began his career as a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories and later moved to Wall Street, working on both the sell-side and the buy-side.

Aaron holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Columbia University in New York.

VP Strategy & Partnerships

Dr. Karen Hathaway Viani

Karen is an operations-driven technology strategist with more than two decades of experience leading teams, advising executives, developing strategic partnerships, and moving complex technology initiatives from strategy to execution. She founded Breakthru Consulting LLC and previously served as Chief of Staff and Senior Principal Systems Engineer supporting executive leadership at MITRE.

Her background spans systems engineering, technology commercialization, enterprise strategy, innovation, and large-scale technical programs. She holds a Doctor of Engineering in Systems Engineering Management, an MBA, and an undergraduate degree in Physics.

Biography source: executive-provided biography and Breakthru Consulting.

Advisory Board & Internal Infrastructure Head

Sydney Price

Sydney Price is a project management and operations professional with more than 25 years of experience leading technology-driven ventures, healthcare practices, real estate and other business initiatives. She held senior sales and product leadership roles in the digital imaging industry, and brings deep experience in project management, business strategy, marketing and organizational communications. Sydney has managed end-to-end operations for medical practices, including staffing, payroll, financial reporting, vendor and insurer relationships, compliance, and technology support. A PMP-certified leader with advanced degrees in photography and professional writing from Purdue University, she is known for bringing structure, sound judgment, and a practical, hands-on approach to fast-growing operations.

Advisory Board & Director of Sales

Jack Weiss

Jack Weiss Senior Advisor With a career spanning more than 40 years, Jack has spent the majority of his professional life as a sales and marketing consultant, with a particular emphasis on branding and licensing across a wide range of industries. His experience extends from professional sports and major studios to consumer products and, most recently, emerging technologies in the age of AI. Over the course of his career, Jack has developed an extensive network of C-suite executives and industry leaders. Equally valuable is his ability to translate highly specialized and technical concepts—particularly in emerging markets—into clear, relatable language that potential customers can understand and embrace. That combination of relationships and communication skills is proving to be an ideal fit with Grace.

Company facts

Legal name	Grace AI Control, Inc.
Structure	Delaware C-Corporation
Location	Hampstead, North Carolina
Patent status	U.S. Non-Provisional Application No. 19/703,592 filed June 10, 2026
Signing specification	ML-DSA-65 / FIPS 204, as specified in GRACE technical documentation

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