How do you manage reputation when transitioning from public to private sector?

Public-to-private transitions are common at senior levels (former regulators joining law firms, former officials joining investment firms, former military or intelligence joining advisory practices) and they introduce a structural reputation problem the engines do not handle by default. The pre-transition record is heavy with public-service coverage; the new role needs to be recognized without erasing the prior work. The new searcher intents, namely private-sector counterparties, clients, and peers, differ from the public-service stakeholder set, and AIQ topics are configured accordingly. The work is heaviest in the first three months and tapers as the new role accumulates its own coverage and authority.