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San Francisco Bay Area

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

San Francisco Bay Area

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

Remote

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

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• 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.
• Led diplomatic delegations (e.g. to Tokyo) and… Show more
• 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.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• 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.
• Developed, coordinated, and executed efforts to align trans-Atlantic… Show more
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

Boulder

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

Boulder, Colorado

• 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.

Denver Metropolitan Area

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

New York City Metropolitan Area

• 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.

Newport, Rhode Island, United States

• 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
• 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.

Shanghai, China

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

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Political Science And Government

• Completed while teaching, working off-campus (e.g., for the RAND Corporation), and volunteering.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Science: International Relations

• Part of the doctoral program begun in the fall of 2011.

M.A., National Security And Strategic Studies

• Fleet Seminar Program (i.e., completed in the evenings due to a separate, full-time Navy assignment).

Certificate

• All work performed in Chinese.

B.A., Political Science & International Relations

Activities and Societies: DJ and news announcer for KRLX; member of the rugby team and martial arts club. • Studied abroad at the.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Captain of the Lincoln-Douglas team; editor of the school newspaper; wrestler.

Education record