About Axium-27™ LLC
“Building Trust . . . Leading in Truth”
For decades, leadership consulting has relied on ambiguous frameworks that reduce success to personality traits, emotional constructs, or stylistic influence. These approaches offer affirmation, but rarely deliver diligent accountability, measurable performance, or the protection of operational integrity.
Axium-27 ™ was founded to correct that deficiency.
We are an independent, principal-led advisory firm operating from an assurance-informed foundation. Our work is grounded in the belief that leadership success must be evaluated by governance consistency, accountability design, and operational competence—not by perception, charisma, or sentiment.
We apply Principled Leadership Performance Assurance™ as a measurable standard of leadership success—where organizational value is created through proficient governance, coherent management systems, and defensible execution under scrutiny.
Our firm’s assurance-based discipline strengthens governance conditions and enables leaders to:
Execute with clarity
Own accountability without dilution
Confront risk with precision
Sustain ethical authority under pressure
“Building Trust . . . Leading in Truth” is not a slogan. It is the operational standard by which leadership credibility is ultimately judged.
The Axium-27 Factor
The Axium-27 framework operates at the intersection of governance mechanisms, leadership practice, and decision accountability. We examine the integrated foundations of governance oversight that determine where organizational value and principled leadership performance capacity are either sustained or eroded.
Our advisory posture reflects several core convictions:
Leadership performance is inseparable from governance architecture.
Accountability frameworks either support disciplined decision-making or quietly erode it.
Ethical alignment is an operating condition, not a rhetorical value statement.
Confidence is sustained only when leadership systems perform reliably.
Accordingly, Axium-27 applies an assurance-framed lens to refine leadership practices, governance conditions, and decision-environment variables—advancing clarity, credibility, and diligent control when outcomes matter.
Our Distinctive Identity
Mission
We exist to strengthen governance conditions that advance principled leadership performance—enabling leaders to consistently reach objectives, without compromising professional ethics or the trust placed in them.
Vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted and discreet Principled Leadership Performance Assurance™ advisory firm—recognized for strengthening governance conditions that sustain ethical, confidence-inspiring leadership over time.
Advisory Posture
We draw on our assurance-based foundation informed by Principled Performance® to strengthen governance conditions that enable leaders to translate capability into principled, confidence-building performance.
Our Operating Principles
Rooted in Christian values, our firm adopts the following operating principles as the bedrock of how we serve our clients:
Integrity
Alignment between ethical principles, professional standards, and execution is mandatory and non-negotiable.
Objectivity
Conclusions must be grounded in evidence and capable of withstanding independent and sustained scrutiny.
Independence
Advisory judgment must remain free from pressure, engineered outcomes, or conflicts of interest.
Applied Discipline
Rigor must translate into clear, applicable guidance that informs material decisions.
Discretion
Trust requires restraint, contextual judgment, and respect for client equities.
Scope and Boundaries
Independence and objectivity define Axium-27’s advisory ethic. Our role is to apply assurance-based methods to examine, frame, and advise—bringing diligent, assurance-grounded guidance to leaders responsible for enterprise-level outcomes.
As a principal-led firm, we engage where:
Governance effectiveness is questioned,
Leadership accountability is under pressure,
Decisions carry fiduciary, regulatory, or reputational consequences,
Stakeholder confidence must be sustained beyond the moment
Engagement Posture
Axium-27 engages selectively and intentionally—where leadership responsibility, governance integrity, and consequential decision-making converge.
Engagements are principal-led and discreet, structured to inform material decisions that strengthen governance and leadership performance, unlock unrealized organizational value, and elevate executive operability under scrutiny.
A complimentary initial discussion is available to assess strategic alignment and determine appropriate next steps.
About the Founder
Founder and Managing Principal
Guided by his vision for Christian impact, expressed through governance that protects principled leadership performance, Dr. Carlos Rios-Collazo founded Axium-27 ™ LLC after retiring as Assistant Director for Investigations at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. His 27-year federal career in criminal investigations, governance oversight, and institutional accountability included high-stakes service within the U.S. Secret Service’s Counter Assault Team and Presidential Protective Division, as well as senior leadership roles within the federal Inspector General community—where precision, integrity, and reliability were operational imperatives with national-level consequence.
Dr. Rios-Collazo holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies. He has peer-reviewed publications addressing international law, governance resilience, emotional intelligence, and crisis leadership, reflecting a sustained focus on leadership performance under unconventional conditions. His education further includes completing postgraduate legal studies at the University of London and graduate coursework in joint planning and operational art within the maritime domain at the U.S. Naval War College. Dr. Rios-Collazo serves as a Professor of Practice at Monroe University and has served on its Board of Trustees. He maintains advanced credentials in governance, risk management, and compliance, and is a member of the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce and the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International.
Dr. Rios-Collazo is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, enabling effective engagement with U.S.-based organizations and Spanish-speaking institutions that require governance-aligned leadership consultation and assurance-informed advisory judgment.
Through Axium-27, Dr. Rios-Collazo provides evidence-based, independent, objective, and assurance-grounded advisory leadership to executives and senior management whose decisions are exercised within governance conditions that sustain principled leadership performance and stakeholder trust.
Dr. Carlos Rios-Collazo
Advanced Certifications
Note: Principled Performance® is a registered trademark of OCEG®. Axium-27™ uses the term referentially to acknowledge OCEG’s GRC framework and applies the underlying concepts through an independent, assurance-informed leadership advisory methodology.