Our Mission
About AI
Validation Lab
We exist because AI in hiring demands the highest standards of fairness and accountability — and no single discipline is enough to enforce them.
Built by
Leadership
The Team
A deliberate combination of disciplines — because responsible AI hiring requires law, science, ethics, and technology working together.
Frank Enriquez
CEO, Co-Founder
Leads client relationships and strategic partnerships across enterprise markets. Drives AIVL's mission to make AI hiring compliance the standard, not the exception.
Eric Rumbaugh
Employment Attorney, Co-Founder
Provides the deep regulatory expertise and legal foundation underpinning AIVL's compliance frameworks. Ensures every assessment reflects current case law and enforcement trends.
Chris Paden
Solution Engineer, Co-Founder
Architect of AIVL's assessment framework and technology strategy. Designs the L2 scoring system and engagement methodology that powers every client engagement.
Seto Adenuga
AI Ethicist
Subject matter expert on bias, fairness, and ethical AI frameworks. Applies rigorous ethical analysis to identify harms and recommend mitigations across the full hiring lifecycle.
Brent Holland
IO Psychologist
Industrial-organizational psychology expertise for assessment validation. Ensures AI hiring tools are evaluated against established IO science standards for job-relatedness and validity.
How We Work
Four Pillars of Our Methodology
A rigorous, evidence-based methodology that combines legal expertise, technical analysis, and ethical evaluation into every engagement.
Independent Assessment
We maintain complete vendor neutrality. Our assessments are objective, unbiased, and focused solely on compliance outcomes — not on selling any tool or platform.
Multidisciplinary Expertise
Our team combines employment law, IO psychology, AI ethics, and solution architecture for comprehensive validation that no single-discipline firm can match.
Framework-Driven
Our five-pillar compliance framework provides structured, repeatable assessment methodology grounded in current regulations and evolving enforcement priorities.
Continuous Monitoring
Compliance isn't a one-time event. We provide ongoing monitoring and regulatory intelligence as AI laws and enforcement guidance continue to evolve rapidly.
Don't Trust, Validate.
AI Validation Lab was founded on the belief that AI in hiring must be held to the highest standards of fairness and accountability. As enforcement accelerates across jurisdictions, organizations need an independent, multidisciplinary partner built from the ground up for this challenge. That's why we exist — and why we built a team no single-discipline firm can replicate.