• Leading efforts to improve public-private sector alignment on technology policy, particularly with respect to China

• Designed the company’s campaign for managing specific policy and regulatory concerns around the European Union’s Digital Services Act; coached and guided senior leaders in executing the strategy.• Led the delivery of a seven-figure program—for the president of the company—that used Artificial Intelligence to identify how 6,500 people in 32 countries wanted Meta to develop new products and tools. o Optimized the program—reduced costs by 82% and timelines by 57%—and led the… Show more • Designed the company’s campaign for managing specific policy and regulatory concerns around the European Union’s Digital Services Act; coached and guided senior leaders in executing the strategy.• Led the delivery of a seven-figure program—for the president of the company—that used Artificial Intelligence to identify how 6,500 people in 32 countries wanted Meta to develop new products and tools. o Optimized the program—reduced costs by 82% and timelines by 57%—and led the company’s adoption of the program as a scalable, repeatable part of the process for product development.• Managed complex and evolving cross-company teams—for the COO—that aligned efforts in high-stress, ambiguous environments to quickly deliver decisions and recommendations to senior executives. o Coordinated multiple, simultaneous programs that protected 950 million users in “At Risk” locations. o Led escalations related to both discreet and public problems (e.g. high-profile creators).o Advised product and engineering teams on public policy developments, including legislative and regulatory proposals, and how they could affect existing business and go-to-market strategies.o Managed and delivered the election programs for India, Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong; during those election periods, determined the user experience for approximately 650 million Daily Active Users (e.g. by modifying the cloud-based AI that prioritized both user-generated and paid content across all surfaces).o Drafted and delivered updates and plans (directly to both the president and the COO).• Official roles: o January 2023 to July 2023: Governance (inside the President’s Global Policy team).o November 2021 to December 2022: Strategic Response (inside the office of the COO). Show less

• Designed and taught courses on public policy, legislative process, and regulatory environments.

• Worked directly for the Secretary to develop, coordinate, and execute global policy campaigns. Led the teams translating goals into actionable steps, oversaw the execution of those steps, and briefed other governments, other parts of the US government, and the press on progress. Campaigns included interagency efforts related to sanctions enforcement, technology acquisition, market access, regulatory changes, and public diplomacy.• Led diplomatic delegations (e.g. to Tokyo) and… Show more • Worked directly for the Secretary to develop, coordinate, and execute global policy campaigns. Led the teams translating goals into actionable steps, oversaw the execution of those steps, and briefed other governments, other parts of the US government, and the press on progress. Campaigns included interagency efforts related to sanctions enforcement, technology acquisition, market access, regulatory changes, and public diplomacy.• Led diplomatic delegations (e.g. to Tokyo) and domestic engagements with foreign governments, industry, and other stakeholders to coordinate on policies and programs; represented the US at public events. • Managed the digital transformation for joint State and NOAA marine scientific research data to the cloud.• Managed technology policy programs in two different bureaus:o Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (2020-2021): approached technology policies from a scientific perspective and thus managed both funding for research and international scientific partnerships (e.g. in Antarctica). Managed 63 people across three teams.o Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (2018-2020): approached technology policies from a national security perspective and thus managed programs that enforced sanctions, regulatory regimes, and export controls. Managed 47 people across three teams that operated globally. Show less

• Led the team for Europe and Eurasia—covering the EU, NATO, and 66 countries and territories.o Managed the program that authorized the sale of defense-related technologies and services to the region.o Directed oversight of State Department and Agency for International Development operations across the region: standardized and streamlined the process for tracking deliverables across those 122 programs.• Developed, coordinated, and executed efforts to align trans-Atlantic… Show more • Led the team for Europe and Eurasia—covering the EU, NATO, and 66 countries and territories.o Managed the program that authorized the sale of defense-related technologies and services to the region.o Directed oversight of State Department and Agency for International Development operations across the region: standardized and streamlined the process for tracking deliverables across those 122 programs.• Developed, coordinated, and executed efforts to align trans-Atlantic technology policy in potential US and European legislation; for example, led delegations to Europe to meet with EU and national legislators and business leaders to discuss how legislative and regulatory proposals could negatively affect corporate operations—and coordinated if, when, and how to alter those proposals, accordingly.o Led public engagements with foreign governments, think tanks, public interest groups, and corporations; engaged privately with subsets of those stakeholders to identify possible side effects and mitigate risks.• Drafted and moved both standalone legislation, including the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), and amendments (e.g. that funded trans-Atlantic research on AI) to must-pass bills.o To draft CAATSA, ran a year-long Congressional effort to examine Russia’s use of social media during the 2016 election and how potential legislation could address those problematic actions. Show less

• Conducted classified and unclassified research on emerging tech and the ways that specific governments were employing and regulating them; example include drones, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Reality.

• Designed and taught courses on public policy and international relations.

• Ran “Veteran Success” programs for AmeriCorps’ inaugural post-9/11 Veterans programs; organized events and spoke on Veterans’ issues, including at events as large as one with 2,000 participants.

• Led quantitative analysis for a project that analyzed 12 datasets, each with tens of millions of time-stamped, geo-tagged points.

• Led an effort that developed a map of the most influential users on Sina Weibo: analyzed Chinese-language user-generated content to model segmentation, viral patterns, and marketing opportunities for clients.

• Developed a model of how PRC-owned energy, shipping, and fishing companies operate globally; leveraged Chinese-language resources and Naval War College maritime data to map patterns of control and behavior.

• Coordinated the design, development, and international deployment of new, multipurpose technical hardware.• Led end-to-end projects—for classified operations as well as “humanitarian assistance and disaster relief” operations—that required the development of roadmaps and provisions of regular briefs to senior executives.• Managed teams of military members, civilians, and contractors performing analysis and operations.• Balanced costs across multiple, concurrent programs;… Show more • Coordinated the design, development, and international deployment of new, multipurpose technical hardware.• Led end-to-end projects—for classified operations as well as “humanitarian assistance and disaster relief” operations—that required the development of roadmaps and provisions of regular briefs to senior executives.• Managed teams of military members, civilians, and contractors performing analysis and operations.• Balanced costs across multiple, concurrent programs; for context, one had a quarterly budget of $50 million.• Trained in Department of Defense technical program management, digital communication and geospatial technologies, data exploitation methodologies, computer network operations, and human intelligence. Show less

• Served as a subject matter expert on specific regions and technologies; for example, selected as the sole US military officer to join a five-nation effort (i.e., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US, and the UK) that developed a unified set of policies for how the countries’ respective regulators and intelligence agencies would pursue specific concerns related to social media and data protections.

• Managed 18 consultants; provided intellectual property consulting, mainly for technology joint ventures.