# William Ready

> Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero.

## Record

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 |
| Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 |
| Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 |
| Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce |
| Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 |
| Canonical entity | alpha:person:william-ready |
| Entity type | Person |
| Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/people/william-ready |
| Publication | PUBLISHED |
| Verification | corroborated |
| Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 |
| Ownership | unclaimed |
| Published claims | 14 |
| Claims under review | 0 |
| Evidence records | 8 |
| Conflicts | 0 |
| Conflicts in internal review | 0 |
| Observed | 2026-10-16T04:02:10.534374+00:00 |
| Last reviewed | 2026-05-07T18:21:28.018+00:00 |

## Identity

- Legal name: William Ready
- Display name: William Ready

## Alpha Governance Record

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 |
| Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 |
| Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce |
| As of | 2026-10-16T04:02:10.886663+00:00 |
| Completeness | 1 |
| Record Quality | 0.944 |
| Directors | 0 |
| Committees | 0 |
| Governance events | 2 |
| Entity class | person |

## Section coverage

| Section | State |
| --- | --- |
| identity | PUBLISHED |
| corporate_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| board | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| committees | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| leadership | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| financials | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| capital_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| compensation | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| governance | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| shareholder_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| audit | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| legal | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| risk | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| cyber | PUBLISHED |
| ai_governance | PUBLISHED |
| agent_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| markets_external | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| events | PUBLISHED |
| relationships | PUBLISHED |
| assessments | PUBLISHED |
| evidence | PUBLISHED |

## Governance events

- DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: William Ready seat on Visa Inc., effective 2025-01-01. Effective: 2025-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-07T18:21:28.018+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:4br5dbgg4wnr
- DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: William Ready seat on Williams-Sonoma, Inc., effective 2020-01-01. Effective: 2020-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-07T18:21:28.018+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1tbfxwkslnhbq

## Scoped resources

- `alpha://person/william-ready` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record
- `alpha://person/william-ready/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=identity
- `alpha://person/william-ready/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=corporate-structure
- `alpha://person/william-ready/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=board
- `alpha://person/william-ready/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=committees
- `alpha://person/william-ready/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=leadership
- `alpha://person/william-ready/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=ownership
- `alpha://person/william-ready/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=financials
- `alpha://person/william-ready/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=capital-structure
- `alpha://person/william-ready/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=compensation
- `alpha://person/william-ready/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=governance
- `alpha://person/william-ready/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=shareholder-governance
- `alpha://person/william-ready/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=audit
- `alpha://person/william-ready/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=legal
- `alpha://person/william-ready/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=risk
- `alpha://person/william-ready/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=cyber
- `alpha://person/william-ready/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=ai-governance
- `alpha://person/william-ready/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=agents
- `alpha://person/william-ready/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=ecosystem
- `alpha://person/william-ready/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=events
- `alpha://person/william-ready/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=relationships
- `alpha://person/william-ready/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=assessments
- `alpha://person/william-ready/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record&section=evidence

## Role modules

- Director

## Attention

- NO_RECORDS_FOUND

## Committee data

- NO_RECORDS_FOUND

## Leadership

- PUBLISHED

## Roles

- Director at Visa Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:role:1. Valid from: 2025-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5d82fa4d2ab5d67f0d91565f9dc4ece2cec4f118b1940abe5f733e6c004842ef.
- Independent Director at Williams-Sonoma, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:role:2. Valid from: 2020-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:6420d7ce367a8f5bd1b2e950882e48e487b99e12fd90577e4d83f27919ae434c.

## Governance

- PUBLISHED

## Board committees

- PUBLISHED

## AI and ML experience

- AI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:ai_ml_experience:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567.

## Board independence

- Independent director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:board_independence:2. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:e08ffdc707538dd8528cb38dda5436367d6746166e134997f0f506cc86b01922, alpha:projection-evidence:document:75096974a07f557de884777847066a2b93c43d8588eba452223f6e78bbe4907c.

## Board membership

- Serves on the board of Visa. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:board_membership:3. Valid from: 2025-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:e08ffdc707538dd8528cb38dda5436367d6746166e134997f0f506cc86b01922, alpha:projection-evidence:b3291c567aba75cbd505cf78648cb2349d470864be9226d52c3234f955512db7, alpha:projection-evidence:document:75096974a07f557de884777847066a2b93c43d8588eba452223f6e78bbe4907c.
- Serves on the board of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:board_membership:4. Valid from: 2020-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:75096974a07f557de884777847066a2b93c43d8588eba452223f6e78bbe4907c, alpha:projection-evidence:dffea448c696b3b26a23c5598b35339b61f8114d29f1b76d95e6cf00846dbf08, alpha:projection-evidence:document:e08ffdc707538dd8528cb38dda5436367d6746166e134997f0f506cc86b01922.

## Board role

- Board role: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:board_role:5. Valid from: 2025-12-08. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567, alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab0664a10287414b369b187f1958cac2e5fba6045f7ca50f5ab10f5d59d96492.

## Committee assignments

- No committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:committee_assignments:6. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:e08ffdc707538dd8528cb38dda5436367d6746166e134997f0f506cc86b01922, alpha:projection-evidence:document:75096974a07f557de884777847066a2b93c43d8588eba452223f6e78bbe4907c.
- Committee assignments: Audit and Finance, Compensation. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:committee_assignments:7. Valid from: 2026-05-06. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567.
- Committee assignments: Finance, Nominating/Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:committee_assignments:8. Valid from: 2025-12-08. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab0664a10287414b369b187f1958cac2e5fba6045f7ca50f5ab10f5d59d96492.

## Cybersecurity experience

- Cybersecurity experience reported in filings. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:cybersecurity_experience:9. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567.

## Executive company

- Executive at Pinterest, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:executive_company:10. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567.

## Executive title

- Executive title: Chief Executive Officer and Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:executive_title:11. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567.

## Technology background

- Technology background reported in filings. Claim: alpha:claim:person:william-ready:technology_background:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567.

## Coverage states

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Identity | PUBLISHED |
| Business | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| Leadership | PUBLISHED |
| Board and committees | PUBLISHED |
| Governance | PUBLISHED |
| Financials | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| Workforce | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| Ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE |
| Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED |
| Market and index context | NOT_APPLICABLE |

## Public sources

- alpha:projection-evidence:document:5bd99c135bdc0ef018879cfdada5eb057560e48adadee79d91b72c8082faf567: [WSM DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000109/wsm-20260506.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:6420d7ce367a8f5bd1b2e950882e48e487b99e12fd90577e4d83f27919ae434c: [sec_proxy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000109/wsm-20260506.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:e08ffdc707538dd8528cb38dda5436367d6746166e134997f0f506cc86b01922: [Visa director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000130817925000635/v-20251208.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab0664a10287414b369b187f1958cac2e5fba6045f7ca50f5ab10f5d59d96492: [V DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000130817925000635/v-20251208.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:75096974a07f557de884777847066a2b93c43d8588eba452223f6e78bbe4907c: [Williams-Sonoma, Inc. director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828025020659/wsm-20250429.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:document:5d82fa4d2ab5d67f0d91565f9dc4ece2cec4f118b1940abe5f733e6c004842ef: [sec_filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000130817925000635/v-20251208.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:b3291c567aba75cbd505cf78648cb2349d470864be9226d52c3234f955512db7: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000130817925000635/v-20251208.htm).
- alpha:projection-evidence:dffea448c696b3b26a23c5598b35339b61f8114d29f1b76d95e6cf00846dbf08: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000109/wsm-20260506.htm).

## Rights

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| public_retrieval | allowed |
| agent_retrieval | allowed |
| redistribution | not_granted |
| model_training | not_granted |
| commercial_use | not_specified |
| relationship_pathfinding | not_granted |
| direct_contact | not_granted |

## Limitations

- Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
- Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
- Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
- Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

## Alternate representations

- [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/william-ready)
- [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/william-ready.md)
- [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=record)
- [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/william-ready?format=jsonld)
- MCP resource: `alpha://people/william-ready` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp


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