Christopher Cook
Senior Director
Responsible AI + Software Developer
What inspires me
Impact: Building trustworthy AI and decision-support systems that make a positive impact in the world.
Experimentation and Problem Solving: Stress-testing plans and systems with an adversarial lens—and turning hard lessons into practical improvements
Communication and Networking: Translating complex technical signals (and uncertainty) into decisions teams can act on with confidence
In Demand Skills
AI Engineering; Data Analytics; Data Generation; Red-Teaming; Pentesting; Deployment/Integration Strategies; Operation Risk Mitigation; CI/CD Pipelining; Project Management
Adage
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”
–Sir Isaac New
“It is important to follow your dreams and heart. Do something that excites you.”
–Sundar Pichai
Bio
Christopher Cook is a strategic AI and engineering leader at Frontier focused on AI safety–bringing adversarial thinking, rigorous evaluation, and risk informed deployment practices to high stakes real-world systems. He has a proven record designing, delivering, testing, and scaling machine learning models, data analytics pipelines, statistical algorithms, and full-stack software for federal, state, and commercial programs where reliability and trust are non-negotiable.
His work at Frontier Design focuses on systematic evaluation, red-teaming, data generation, and structured risk assessment to help organizations understand, build, and responsibly integrate advanced AI into complex operations. He combines deep technical expertise with human-centered training and decision frameworks to improve how teams learn from adversarial tests and make sound operational decisions in uncertain environments.
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