AI Governance & Enterprise AI Risk Expert Witness

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Jacob Rebo is an AI governance attorney and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cullis AI, LLC, a Montana based professional services firm providing expert witness services, AI governance consulting, and accredited continuing legal education to law firms, corporations, and courts. He works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and legal practice. Mr. Rebo brings more than a decade of experience across law, technology, and highly regulated industries, and now leads enterprise AI governance at global scale. As the lead AI legal representative for Nokia's Network Infrastructure Business Group, he built and directed the group's AI governance program, evaluated and approved large language models for global deployment, and authored core governance instruments including the AI Procurement Guidance and the AI Addendum for Supplier Contracts. He represented the group in the Keystone Initiative, Nokia's enterprise standard operating procedure framework for AI use across multiple business groups worldwide, and helded design and implement DataQuestor 2.0, a unified AI use case intake and tracking system used across business groups globally. His expert work addresses the technical, legal, and organizational dimensions of AI adoption, including how AI systems are selected, validated, monitored, and documented, and the standard of care a reasonable organization or professional should apply when deploying them. Areas of opinion include enterprise AI governance frameworks, AI risk assessment and tiering, standards of care for AI adoption in legal practice, large language model evaluation and validation, generative AI in eDiscovery and document review, AI ethics and bias evaluation, AI regulatory compliance including the EU AI Act and emerging U.S. state frameworks, and AI procurement and vendor governance. Before his AI governance work, Mr. Rebo built deep experience in legal operations and regulated industries. At Infinera Corporation he designed, planned, and implemented Ironclad as the enterprise contract lifecycle management solution across an 8,000 employee global company, led the CHIPS Act funding compliance workstream, and developed the company's Free and Open Source Software policy. He litigated complex civil matters in Montana state and federal courts at Crowley Fleck PLLP, and earlier supported Class III implantable cardiac devices in the FDA regulated medical device environment at Boston Scientific. He is a frequent speaker on AI and the law, including panels on AI and legal practice and on AI ethics and legal competence at the University of Montana IP Day in 2024 and 2025, and on AI in legal operations at the Consero Corporate Legal Operations Forum. He designs and delivers accredited continuing legal education on generative AI in legal practice, AI ethics and competence obligations, AI in eDiscovery, and AI risk management for attorneys and judges. Mr. Rebo is a Certified AI Governance Professional (AIGP) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals, holds a JD and MBA from the University of Montana, and is a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He is a decorated United States Army veteran who served 15 years on active duty, including combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, earned the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge, and retired at the rank of Captain.