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is human.

Clear thinking for a changing landscape.

I work where AI meets real people, real organizations, and the decisions about how far we trust it.

I'm Chris Ritchhart, a Channel Security Engineer at Fortinet with more than 25 years in IT and cybersecurity. Most of that time has gone into making complicated technology understandable, and useful, for the people who have to decide what to do with it.

My focus now is AI: how we secure it, how we govern it and use it responsibly, and how we keep human judgment and opportunity in the picture. I like practical answers, honest tradeoffs, and ideas that hold up outside a slide deck.

Outside of work you'll find me on a motorcycle, building side projects I fully intend to finish, or hanging out with my pitty, Jackson — who is better at maintaining focus than I am.

Three sides of the story.

Security work, life beyond the job, and the roads in between. Each space has its own voice.