Trusted Data for the Age of Super Intelligence
Independent Data & AI strategy, architecture, governance and assurance for federal, state and enterprise clients.
Data Governance First. Super Intelligence Governance Next. Accountability Throughout.
Super Intelligence Is Only as Trustworthy as the Data It Reads.
Super Intelligence can only act on data whose meaning is clear, whose quality is trusted and whose origin can be traced. Those are the disciplines of data governance. Unclear definitions, weak lineage and missing accountability raise both the risks and the costs of Super Intelligence.
Abian Systems carries them forward into Super Intelligence Governance: clear ownership, documented lineage and named human accountability for every decision Super Intelligence supports.
Four Services, One Accountable Advisor
Vendor-neutral Data & AI advisory. Abian works across the leading Data & AI platforms and recommends based on each agency's needs, not on vendor relationships.
Data & AI Strategy
Priorities, a use-case portfolio, value and cost tracking tied to mission outcomes, and a governed internal marketplace of approved agents, so proven work is reused instead of rebuilt.
Data & Enterprise Architecture
Data foundations built on shared definitions, metadata, lineage and quality, so every decision rests on data the agency can trust.
Data & AI Governance and Security
Policy, accountability and human oversight, plus AI security foundations: data classification, access controls, and a governed, risk-based decision before any agent acts. Aligned with OMB M-25-21, the NIST AI RMF and the agency's security program.
Independent Assurance
Impartial verification of Data & AI work before the agency accepts it, with evidence anyone can follow.
The Abian Data & AI Strategy Framework
Six pillars that move an organization from scattered pilots to governed, mission-ready use of AI.
Value
Use cases prioritized by mission value and owned as a portfolio.
Data
Federated, cataloged data products on a shared metadata layer.
Platform
A platform-agnostic foundation; models tested and swapped without lock-in.
Talent
A focus on quality and client relationships, backed by deep digital transformation expertise in Cloud, Data, Machine Learning and AI across multiple industries, including federal.
Governance
NIST AI RMF–aligned oversight with human checkpoints, audit and lineage.
Adoption
Role-specific enablement, with adoption measured every quarter.
Data Governance, Then Super Intelligence Governance
Abian Systems is a vendor-neutral Data & AI advisory firm. Founder Farah Shahi, a Data & AI Architect and Strategist with more than 25 years of experience in data and AI, brings Data Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Data & AI Governance and Independent Assurance to federal and enterprise clients.
Her work began in data governance, and Abian treats AI governance as its next stage: the ownership, quality, lineage and accountability that make data trustworthy now decide whether AI can be trusted.
Fannie Mae
Founding member of the data governance program established under the post-2008 conservatorship.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
As a consultant, established the SEC's original data governance program, working with Platform and Data Management and the EDGAR system.
Accenture
HealthCare.gov at CMS and DoD's enterprise health record with Accenture Federal Services, then AI strategy in the Advanced AI Practice.
NASA/NOAA
Earth observing data system.
Trusted Advisory and Oversight
Consulting
Data & AI strategy, architecture, governance, and assurance consulting.
Teaming
Senior advisory support, including staff augmentation, as a subcontractor or teaming partner on enterprise technology programs.
Separation of Duties
Assurance work is kept separate from any delivery role, so oversight stays independent of the work it reviews.
Latest Insights
Perspectives on data governance, Data & AI strategy and Super Intelligence Governance.
From Pilots to Portfolio
Why AI creates value when it is chosen for the mission, measured honestly and managed as a portfolio, not as a collection of pilots.
Data Governance First
Why the disciplines that made data trustworthy, from ownership to lineage, now decide whether Super Intelligence can be trusted.
Trusted Data Before Trusted Super Intelligence
What it takes for data to carry clear meaning, trusted quality and a traceable origin, and why that comes before any agent acts on it.
Let's Talk About Your Data & AI Priorities
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Contact
- Farah Shahi, Founder and CEO
- Office: 703-651-6637
- Location: Sterling, Virginia
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- Business type: Woman-owned small business
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