Kevin Schawinski

Dr. Kevin Schawinski is co-founder and CEO of Modulos AG, a Zurich-based AI governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform trusted by organizations across technology, manufacturing, and government, including JobCloud, PwC, and ETH Zurich, to govern AI responsibly and comply with the EU AI Act. Modulos is an ETH Zurich spin-off, Europe’s first ISO/IEC 42001-certified AI governance platform, and a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Safety Institute Consortium. A former astrophysics professor at ETH Zurich, Yale, and Oxford, as well as a NASA Einstein Fellow, Kevin co-founded Galaxy Zoo, which later led to the creation of Zooniverse, and has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, which have been cited over 16,000 times. In March 2026, he led AI governance training for financial supervisors from all 27 EU member states at the EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy in Florence. He advises the European Commission and NIST on AI regulation, is a recognized thought leader, and speaks regularly about practical AI compliance for board members and C-suite leaders.