Alan Wehler Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I advise clients on domestic and international security and technology policy issues, including: *Trust, safety, and security program management, including maturity assessment, strategic planning, capability development, and program design*Geopolitical risk management, * Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity strategy and risk management*Geostrategic and geopolitical riskRepresentative Engagements and ProjectsTrust and Safety Program Assessment, Management and Maturity: Applied our trust and safety program maturity model to various online travel-focused platforms to conduct assessments, develop program strategies and maturity plans, and implement maturity program elements across trust, safety, and security capability areasGeopolitical Risk: Conducted assessments of potential physical, cybersecurity, and geopolitical risks for the operations of major law firms and Fortune 50 companies in Hong Kong, China, and the Middle EastCloud Computing Policy: Helped clients understand and shape policy in the cloud computing environment as it relates to regulatory issues, privacy issues, data residency, lawful access, and legal jurisdiction questions for international operations and composed op-eds on these topics for publication in major newspapers and online outletsEncryption Technology and Policy: Wrote policy whitepapers examining various encryption and issues related law enforcement access to data, including device encryption, the underlying technical considerations, and the broader policy and national security implicationsData Privacy and Security: Helped of the largest technology companies understand the data privacy and security environments in Europe and the U.S. and composed a position papers on the impacts of various trans-border data policy and privacy issues

Washington, Dc

I support the Geopolitical and Regulatory Risk practice to advise clients on domestic and international technology policy, homeland security issues, congressional affairs, geopolitical risk management, cybersecurity, and the international security environmentRepresentative Engagements and ProjectsCloud Computing Policy: Helped a major IT company understand and shape public policy regarding cloud computing and related privacy issues, data residency, lawful access, and jurisdiction issues and composed op-eds on these topics for publication in major newspapers and online outletsCongressional Engagement and Testimony: Composed congressional testimony on behalf of firm Principals and served as a liaison with Congressional staff prior to hearings and similar events Checkpoint Technology Assessment: Evaluated checkpoint screening technologies, analyzed the broader scanning and detection market, and worked with key stakeholders to develop an integrated checkpoint technology approach to speed processing and reduce resource needsBudget Analysis: Conducted an depth analysis of federal budget proposals and federal spending to provide clients with insight into budget trends and potential impacts on their activities

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I served as an elected, un-paid, non-partisan Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for Single Member District 4C09 with ANC 4C in Petworth, Washington, DC. In this role I represented my ~2,000 constituents on neighborhood issues including traffic safety, public safety, public works, and zoning issues. During my tenure I successfully worked with my colleagues to secure major traffic safety improvements along New Hampshire Ave. NW and 5th Street NW while also helping to support affordable housing and government accountability.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked as a tour guide and bartender at DC's first distillery since Prohibition.

Washington, Dc

Analyzed and conducted research on a variety of nuclear security and non-proliferation issues as they related to U.S. national security policy, non-proliferation agreements, and U.S. non-proliferation initiativesRepresentative ProjectNuclear Security Commitments Analysis: Reviewed the commitments made by participant countries at the 2010 and 2012 Nuclear Security Summits and conducted research to determine compliance with these commitments

Sterling, Va

Supported Homeland Security investigations into war crime and proliferation cases assigned to the National Security Unit through open source research and review of state evidenceRepresentative ProjectWar Crimes Investigation: Reviewed video, photographs, testimony, correspondence, and open source evidence to support an investigation into suspected war crimes being conducted by U.S. and international law enforcement

Arlington, Va

Worked with the corporate Homeland Security business development team to support constituent business units and senior executives through market research, competitive analysis, federal budget and spending analysis, technical writing, editing, and the development of reports and briefing decksRepresentative ProjectsGunshot Detection Market Analysis: Conducted an analysis of the domestic gunshot detection market, including estimated demand for such technologies by law enforcement, spending trends, grant programs, competitor offerings, and system capabilities to determine the feasibility of adopting a battlefield technology to the domestic marketProposal Development: Contributed to and supported the development of proposals related to the deployment of advanced technologies along the Southern border, included Integrated Fixed Towers, through market research, budget analysis, technical writing, and editing

Washington, Dc

Supported and contributed to the center’s research and academic activities by conducting research on Central and South American defense policy issues, developing course materials, and editing research papers developed by center staffRepresentative ProjectsGlobal Narcotics Trafficking Research: Researched and contributed to a series of reports on global narcotics trafficking and its impact on governance, including violence, corruption, societal change, election fraud, and human rights abuses Course Development: Developed and generated course material for Caribbean, Central American, and South American students participating in Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies programs including the Countering Narcotics and Illicit Commons Workshop and Caribbean Defense and Security Course

Arlington, Va

Provided management support to the office for Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy including personnel management, report writing, presentation development, site inspections, and event coordinationRepresentative ProjectsNon-Medical Case Management Program: Worked with the project management team to identify, hire, train, and deploy over one hundred qualified non-medical case managers to provide case management support to wounded warriors across four service branchesEmployee and Asset Management: Managed the administrative activities of non-medical case managers in the field and developed a system for managing military information technology and medical assets

Washington, Dc

Secured over $6.8 million in grant funding for land preservation and conducted historical research on Civil War battles.

Gettysburg, Pa

Researched Civil War era topics and conducted interpretive programs for visitors.

M.A., Security Policy Studies, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Transnational Security

Concentrations in Transnational Security and Weapons of Mass Destruction Capstone Research Project and Paper on Iranian Strategy.

B.A., International Relations, Government

Activities and Societies: International Relations Club, Model UN, Technology Integration Program Fellow, Technology Support Technician

B.A., International Relations, European Security

Activities and Societies: Model EU

Education record

Activities and Societies: Policy Debate, Amnesty International