Eli Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington, D.C., US

Washington, D.C., US

New York, US

• Serve as Open Data Coordinator, orchestrating the public release of 8 datasets in concert with 3 operating divisions, 2 IT teams, and the agency’s General Counsel and Commissioner
• Manage development of four web-based map tools for inspection routing, and implement division-wide inspection map rollout, including operational integration, product feedback procedure, best practices, and training for.
• Coordinate with divisions to build operational efficiencies, raising Consumer Services on-time complaint response rate from 80% to 97%
• Streamline SQL code for daily performance reporting, reducing monthly run time by 65%

Denver, Colorado, US

• Work between end users and engineers to design and deploy enterprise data integration and analysis software
• Engage project managers to assess competing technical priorities and effectively focus resources
• Collaborate with investigators to scope products and workflows that solve high-value problems
• Develop project plans with technical timelines, resourcing, and success criteria
• Manage implementation of technical projects, communicating feature and timeline requirements to engineers
• Demonstrate capabilities to government leadership, and document successes for enterprise consumption

• Shape and direct three annual 8-session clinics for 16 CSIS interns, teaching fundamentals of persuasion and argument
• Arrange for guest speakers to provide “top cover,” generating enthusiasm and encouraging participation
• Coordinate logistics and content of each session, delegating each set of tasks to designated debate interns
• Organize AILA Speed Debate Tournament, assembling teams and judges from various DC-area institutions
• Initiate and manage drafting of the CSIS-AILA Debate Manual

• Project and implement $1.5 million annual budget, including salary allocations, monthly expense reports, and invoicing
• Formulate grant proposals on topics such as biodefense and medical countermeasures
• Plan for new projects, preparing budgets that estimate personnel, conference, and publication costs
• Manage personnel, including on-boarding new employees and scheduling for Dr. Clark Murdock

• Survey and schematize literature on topics such as bio threat prevention tools and current efforts
• Write report characterizing substantive and bureaucratic dilemmas in biosecurity strategy and recommending next steps, integrating suggestions from three roundtable meetings of senior officials and experts
• Frame discussion and prepare read-ahead material for roundtable meetings
• Execute meeting logistics, including invitations, participants, schedule, handouts, and accommodations
• Present at CSIS-PONI conference on strategic incentives for states to pursue latent bioweapons capabilities

• Write three weekly posts for PONI Debates the Issues blog on nuclear policy topics such as defenses and strategy
• Publish article on the inability of nuclear weapons to deter provocations in Nuclear Notes journal
• Compile daily brief of 20-30 nuclear news articles from a variety of international sources
• Edit papers written for Nuclear Scholars Initiative, including citations and content

Toledo, OH, US

Doctor Of Law (Jd)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Social Studies