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alec foster

chief agent officer & responsible ai lead · mma

I help enterprises ship AI agents that work in production, and keep them accountable once they're live. At the Marketing + Media Alliance (MMA), I own AI transformation end-to-end and co-lead the AI Leadership Think Tank, running the sessions where 300+ CMOs and AI leaders decide what to build. I build alongside the teams I work with, in their tools and on their timeline.

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Building agents at your company?

I help enterprise teams design, govern, and ship multi-agent systems, from strategy through production. Advisory engagements, executive workshops, and embedded build sprints.

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  • > agent architecture audits
  • > responsible AI governance frameworks
  • > exec & team enablement workshops
  • > embedded build sprints & advisory
  • > AI transformation strategy
  • > custom agent and workflow builds

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Agent swarm visualization showing 77 simulated AI workers and orchestrators completing tasks like audit_campaign, classify_feedback, and detect_bias.

about

At the Marketing + Media Alliance I run the agent platform, the training programs, and the governance that decides which workflows run on their own. The other half of the work is external. I partner with member brands and solution providers to test frontier AI inside live campaigns, then publish what held up and what didn't.

Before MMA I worked on product policy at Google, then FairShake, and interned at the White House. I hold an M.St. in AI Ethics & Society from the University of Cambridge (2023–2025) and a bachelor's from NYU in Media, Culture & Communication and Political Science. CIPP/US certified, IAPP member. Full bio and timeline here.

Recent speaking history includes AI4, POSSIBLE, Copyleaks, and MMA's own panels. I write The Eval, a weekly newsletter on AI agents in production. I run a portfolio of frontier AI experiments with MMA member brands, and ship open-source Claude skills and agent toolkits when I can.

Get in touch if you want me to speak at your event, advise on your AI rollout, or just talk through a problem.

Alec Foster speaking at the POSSIBLE conference

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MMA Global is hiring! Come work with me and the other think tank leads at the intersection of strategy and research. https://lnkd.in/gUhbwRbF

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