Martin G. Choquette

AI Strategy & Governance Architecture | Georgetown AI Scenarios | Strategy That Holds Up Under Pressure | Founder, Meninge

Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area

About

89% of executives say they have an AI strategy. Only 57% of employees agree. That gap is a strategy depth problem. Meninge exists to close it. Meninge is a boutique AI strategy architecture and governance consultancy that works with leadership teams at companies across Canada and the United States. We operate on two pillars: scenario-driven strategic advisory that gives leadership teams a structured way to pressure-test AI decisions against multiple plausible futures, and governance implementation that builds the organizational structures to execute responsibly. We work upstream, before implementation begins and before the tooling decisions get locked in. I've been inside dozens of organizations watching how they actually build teams, make decisions, and absorb change. AI governance is an organizational design problem. That's what 25 years inside organizations taught me, and it shapes everything we do. CREDENTIALS: AIGP — AI Governance Professional, IAPP AI Scenarios for Strategic Decision-Making, Georgetown University. 25 years in human resources, technical recruitment, and organizational design WHAT WE DO: → AI Strategy & Scenario Advisory: Scenario planning, AI strategy stress-testing, executive decision frameworks, disruption readiness, decision wind-tunnelling — tools that help leadership teams test their AI bets against different futures and make better decisions today. → AI Governance & Compliance: AI governance readiness assessments, recruitment AI audits, algorithmic bias audits, regulatory compliance mapping, governance maturity diagnostics, fractional AI governance leadership, frameworks organizations can actually implement. → The 90-Minute AI Pressure Test: The lowest-commitment starting point. One session that identifies your strategic and governance gaps and gives you a clear picture of where to focus. WHO WE SERVE: CEOs, COOs, CTOs, CHROs, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Strategy Officers, Chief Risk Officers, and Board AI Committees at mid-market companies who are making high-stakes AI decisions and want a partner connecting strategy to governance. Meninge gives you a position you can defend. If your organization is navigating AI uncertainty without a structured way to test those decisions, I'd welcome the conversation. 📍 Ottawa, Ontario | Serving Canada & the United States 🌐 www.meninge.ca 👉🏻 Subscribe to the bi-weekly Meninge newsletter here: https://meninge.beehiiv.com/

Experience

  • Founder & Principal Consultant at Meninge
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Meninge is a boutique AI strategy and governance consultancy serving companies in Canada and the United States. We operate on two pillars: → Pillar One - AI Strategy & Scenario Advisory: Scenario planning for AI, strategy stress-testing, executive AI decision frameworks, and disruption readiness assessments. → Pillar Two - AI Governance & Compliance: AI governance readiness assessments, algorithmic bias audits, AI governance maturity diagnostics, fractional Chief AI Governance Officer support. What makes Meninge different is the combination of structured foresight methodology (Georgetown AI Scenarios) with deep organizational design expertise from 25 years in technical recruitment. Most firms give you either a strategy deck or a compliance binder. We connect both. Credentials: AIGP (AI Governance Professional) certified by IAPP | Georgetown University AI Scenarios Certificate Program (2026) Available for discovery conversations.

  • Bilingual Technical Recruiter/ Talent Sourcer-Headhunter at MXA Talent Solutions
    Nov 2025 - Jan 2026 · 3 mos

    Term contract helping out one of MXA's clients, a renowned engineering firm located in Quebec.

  • Bilingual Sr. IT Recruitment Consultant - Headhunter at ITI
    Apr 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Recruitment and talent sourcing for public and private sectors.

  • Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner - Process Automation - Motion - Robotics at ABB
    Feb 2023 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    ABB is a pioneering technology leader that works closely with utility, industry, transportation and infrastructure customers: Electrification, Motion, Process Automation and Robotics & Discrete Automation - Responsible for the full cycle recruitment process of the Process Automation, Motion, and Robotics divisions across Canada. - Owned full-cycle recruiting: interviewed, offered, negotiated, and closed candidates for assigned requisitions. - Acted as a consultant and SME to department heads and leads on current and future recruitment needs of the organization. - Sourced and headhunted engineering professionals on a local and national level (B and C levels). - Developed, drove, and executed comprehensive search strategies to source and recruit specialized engineers, managers, and directors. - Preparing offer letters, and initiating background checks (criminal, credit, educational, and references).

  • Manager, Talent Sourcing at SSENSE
    Oct 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    SSENSE is an international online retailer known for its directional selection of over 1600 brands including Essentials, Comme Des Garçons, Diesel, C.P. Company, Heron Preston, Norse Projects, Isabel Marant, mastermind JAPAN, Rick Owens, Versace, Naked & Famous, Kenzo, and Fear of God, amongst many others. - Developed, drove, implemented, and executed the talent sourcing, diversity and inclusion, and branding strategies and comprehensive market research to position SSENSE as an employer of choice. - Developed, drove, implemented, and executed search strategies to source and recruit specialized IT professionals, from specialist to vice-president, on a global scale, meeting established business and diversity and inclusion targets. - Managed and mentored two specialized Sourcing Specialists, including mid-year and annual performance evaluations driven by established metrics and data, and personal development. - Acted as a consultant and SME to department heads and leads on current and future recruitment needs of the organization. - Developed and facilitated up-to-date sourcing training based on market trends, best practices, and new and current sourcing methods within Talent Acquisition. - Developed, drove, and executed the CRM component of Smartrecruiters and developed robust pipelines (“communities”) of qualified prospects. - Responsible for ad-hoc requests coming from upper-management (Temporary management assignments; TA Specialist hiring). - Successfully sourced and hired for hard-to-fill vacancies in Data Science, Operations, and Technology.