James Tabron is Director of GRC Engineering at Aquia, where he focuses on applying engineering and automation approaches to modernize governance, risk, and compliance programs. His work helps organizations move beyond manual, point-in-time compliance activities toward scalable, repeatable risk and control processes. James brings hands-on experience across security, GRC, and software engineering, including building AI-powered agents that automate risk assessment, control monitoring, contract review, and security enablement. He is passionate about helping GRC professionals adopt engineering methods and tools to increase impact and trust across complex environments.