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Leadership

Led by people who have done the work.

StanTurton is led by its Founder, Wale Osoba, CISA, CISM, and a senior team that has delivered technology, compliance and security programs since 2016.

Wale Osoba, CISA, CISM, Founder of StanTurton, in a technology operations office
Wale Osoba standing beside a compliance monitoring display
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Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Wale OsobaCISA, CISM

Wale Osoba builds security the way engineers build power stations: measured, load-tested and proven before anyone is asked to trust it.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of StanTurton, Wale brings 17 years across cybersecurity, IT audit, governance, risk and compliance, and civil engineering. He founded the firm in Dallas in 2016 on one conviction: technology risk is only managed when it can be shown to an auditor, a regulator or a board, on demand.

He has worked both sides of the control. As an auditor he has evaluated internal controls, assessed third-party technology risk, reviewed cybersecurity policy and carried organizations through audits against NIST, ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS. In security operations he has monitored threats, triaged alerts and investigated incidents. He knows exactly where a policy breaks when it meets a Monday morning, and he builds programs that don’t.

Before technology, Wale engineered heavy construction: power station foundations, turbine pedestals and commercial buildings, where a missed tolerance is measured in millions. That training still runs every StanTurton engagement. Milestones are planned, teams are coordinated, and problems are found while they are still cheap to fix.

As CEO, he sets the firm’s strategy around one outcome: leaders who understand their technology risk, control it, and make decisions about their IT with confidence. Clients reach him directly through the Office of the Founder.

  • 17 yrsCybersecurity, IT audit, GRC and engineering
  • CISA · CISMPlus CompTIA Security+
  • B.Sc.Civil Engineering, University of Lagos
  • NIST · ISO · PCIFrameworks applied in the field

How Wale runs the firm.

Four principles that every StanTurton engagement inherits from its founder.

01Engineer it like it carries load

Every control is designed for the day it is tested by an attacker, an auditor or an outage. If it would crack under load, it is not finished.

02Audit the design before you build it

An auditor’s eye at the whiteboard saves a year of rework. Every architecture we propose is checked against the questions an assessor will ask.

03Evidence is the deliverable

A control that cannot be shown working does not exist. We leave clients with proof, not promises.

04Seniority is not negotiable

The person who scopes your engagement is the person who delivers it, and the founder is one email away.

Our leadership model

In many firms, partners sell and juniors deliver. Here, the senior practitioner who scopes your engagement delivers it.

Who is accountable for what.

Every part of the firm has a named owner, and every engagement has a senior lead.

Firm

Founder

Sets the firm’s direction and answers personally for the standard of every engagement.

Practice

Financial Services Security & Compliance Lead

Owns PCI DSS, SWIFT CSCF and DORA methodology and delivery.

Practice

AI Governance, Cloud & Digital Trust Lead

Owns AI governance, attestation readiness and cloud security engineering.

Practice

Offensive Security & Enterprise Resilience Lead

Owns penetration testing, red teaming and resilience work.

Assurance

Head of Quality

Reviews every deliverable before it leaves the firm, outside the delivery team.

Delivery

Engagement Leads

Senior practitioners who scope, lead and sign off each engagement.

Every proposal names your engagement team, with the experience and certifications of each practitioner.

What you can expect from our people.

01A named lead from day one

Any change to key people is agreed with you first.

02Senior presence in fieldwork

Scoping and difficult findings are never delegated.

03Independent quality review

Every deliverable is reviewed outside the delivery team.

04A direct line to the founder

If something goes wrong, you reach the person who can fix it.

The expertise around the table.

Our expertise & credentials
  • IT audit & internal control
  • Information security management
  • Payment card security
  • Financial-sector operational resilience
  • Federal and defense compliance
  • AI governance & model risk
  • Cloud security engineering
  • IT services & infrastructure
  • Penetration testing & red teaming
  • Privacy & data protection
  • Incident response & recovery
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