Ciph Lab Team | Intelligence Resources™

The Team Redesigning Organizations for the AI Era

Ciph Lab developed Intelligence Resources™—the organizational redesign methodology for continuous AI implementation.

We help enterprises assess their current AI readiness, identify critical gaps, and build the governance structures, operational systems, and capability frameworks needed to support AI sustainably. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Founder

Juanita Alvarez

Juanita Alvarez

Originator of Intelligence Resources™. Juanita is an operational leader bridging the gap between Legal Risk, IT Infrastructure, and AI Strategy. Trained in a "zero-defect" Big Law environment at an elite Ropes & Gray spinoff, she spent six years orchestrating global patent operations for high-tech leaders including Google. Drawing on this foundation and her tenure at Amazon Lab126, Apple, and Okta, she leads Ciph Lab's mission to translate complex mandates into frictionless operational frameworks.

B.S. Legal Studies, Magna Cum Laude | Dual Enrolled: UC Berkeley Business Administration & MBA Candidate.

Big Law Legal Ops Enterprise Ops AI Safety & Policy (BASIS)
Early Collaborator

Peter Martens

Full-Stack AI Software Developer supporting early-stage AI engineering projects. Previously engineered Gemini-based pipelines processing 12M+ conversations for enterprise clients including Disney, Netflix, Google, and NBCUniversal.

AI EngineeringMultimodal R&DComp Neuro

Enterprise Experience

Combined team experience at industry leaders including:

Google Apple Amazon Netflix Disney Okta NBCUniversal
Now Recruiting

Technical Co-Founder

Seeking a founding equity partner to co-architect and scale the Intelligence Resources™ platform for enterprise-grade deployment. This is a co-founder role with ownership stake, strategic decision-making authority, and long-term commitment to building the company.

Contact: founder@ciph-lab.com

Internal R&D Core

IR Insight Circle™

A specialized quadratic research core establishing the alignment between proprietary governance logic, regulatory law, and technical execution.

Operational Policy

Juanita Alvarez

Framework Originator. Leading the Governance Logic Track. Translating regulatory intent into the proprietary business rules and oversight frameworks used in cross-functional operations.

Background: B.S. Legal Studies | MBA Candidate.

Regulatory Architecture

Core Researcher (Lawyer)

Open Position. Seeking an Original Contributor to lead the Regulatory Synthesis Track. Juris Doctor required. Responsible for legal validation of logic tracks and mapping statutory mandates to technical constraints.

JD Required Regulatory Synthesis
Technical Architecture

Kilikina Casey

Original Contributor. Leading the Infrastructure Integration Track. Expert in Policy-to-Code translation, identity/access automation, and developing the Governed Runtime Observability prototype.

Background: 6+ years Fintech IT Infrastructure | SFSU.

Enterprise Risk

Principal Researcher

Open Position. Seeking a Core Researcher to lead the Cybersecurity & Risk Track focused on AI risk systems and immutable audit telemetry.

AI Risk Infra Sec

Research Inquiries Welcome: founder@ciph-lab.com