PORTLAND, Ore. —

(Feb. 23, 2026) –RadarFirst today announced an expansion of its platform strategy and executive leadership team to help organizations operationalize governance before incidents escalate into business crises. As enterprises confront a rapidly expanding wave of AI-driven regulatory risk, the move reflects accelerating market demand for disciplined, defensible approaches to managing privacy and AI-related incidents at scale.

“Our vision for RadarFirst centers on combining real-time intelligence, automation, and operational AI governance into a unified risk management platform,” said Zach Burnett, CEO of RadarFirst. “This approach helps our customers prepare before risk becomes operational so they can make defensible decisions with confidence in an era where AI and privacy are deeply intertwined.”

Christopher Washington joins RadarFirst as chief technology officer, reinforcing the company’s investment in scalable, AI-driven architecture. Washington brings experience building engineering organizations and guiding early-stage companies from product concept through commercial launch. He will focus on advancing the company’s AI-driven architecture, strengthening platform scalability, and accelerating innovation in incident automation.

Trusted by leading organizations, RadarFirst enables teams to manage incidents with speed and consistency by standardizing how incidents are captured, assessed, and addressed. The leadership appointments reinforce the company’s commitment to delivering scalable solutions that help enterprises modernize regulatory risk management as privacy and AI governance requirements evolve worldwide.

“Organizations are facing a new era of regulatory complexity driven by AI, expanding global privacy laws, and rising incident volume,” said Christopher Washington, chief technology officer at RadarFirst. “Our focus is on building resilient systems that embed governance directly into operational workflows. By combining scalable architecture with applied AI, we are enabling customers to move from reactive incident management to a more proactive regulatory risk strategy.”

As part of its continued evolution, RadarFirst has elevated key leaders into executive roles to guide the company’s next phase of growth and innovation.

Alex Layng has been appointed vice president of product and joins the executive leadership team. He is responsible for shaping the company’s long-term product strategy and innovation agenda. Layng leads cross-functional alignment across engineering, customer success, and go-to-market teams to ensure that customer insight and regulatory expertise translate into scalable platform capabilities.

Jared Combs has been appointed vice president of sales and joins the executive leadership team, where he oversees global revenue strategy and market expansion. He leads RadarFirst’s worldwide sales organization and collaborates with product and customer teams to drive growth across privacy, compliance, legal, and cybersecurity markets.

RadarFirst’s platform reflects a shift toward automated incident and risk governance. As regulatory frameworks for privacy and AI evolve worldwide, organizations face increasing pressure to document decisions that align with global breach laws and emerging AI governance standards.

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