Gio Altamirano Rayo, J.D., Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

Responsible AI Official and chief data scientist. Reports to Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer.

o Maintain an understanding of the impact of international trade, economic policy, development finance, international development, and/or livelihoods policies on U.S. workers, U.S. Government policy priorities, and the Department of Labor policy interests.o Monitor trade partner countries’ compliance with labor provisions of free trade agreements and other U.S. trade policy. o Prepare analyses of trade partner countries’ compliance with labor provisions of these agreements and policies. o Formulate negotiating objectives and/or positions, including coordinating and developing official strategies, positions, and plans on assigned areas of work. o Draft and review engagement plans, remediation plans, actions plans, project documents, work plans, and other documents that lay out such strategies and plans.

● Conducted political analysis, data analysis, and prepared written documents, policy analysis that provide useful findings to a wide range of audiences and in accordance with professional standards and used sound research methods to determine the effectiveness of program operations in meeting established objectives:o Produced two stand-alone original research articles about the government of Brazil’s and government of Honduras’ compliance with property laws for publication in academic forums utilizing quantitative analysis, event history statistical models, and in-depth, qualitative case studies ,comparative history. ● Leadership skills: o Evaluated, provided detailed feedback, and negotiated revisions of complex research products: M.A. thesis on political analysis.● Presented written and oral communication in a clear, accurate, and professional manner:o Taught graduate, M.A., seminars on globalization and international organizations. Discussions included the efficiency of policy and programs, such as the effectiveness of the Bretton Woods Institutions to establish a liberal world order.o Taught upper-division undergraduate courses about comparative judicial politics. Discussions included the effectiveness of different types of judiciary strategies to garner compliance from the executive branch.o Presented original, book-length manuscript on compliance with property laws by governments of the Global South at the 2018 CMU Book Workshop.o Presented original work about property rights, their causes and outcomes in professional conferences at Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Florida, University of California-Riverside, the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, and the Latin America Studies Association in Barcelona. Coordinated a public lecture by Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla (2010-2014).

Research and writing on global health, transnational organized crime, and Latin America.o Produced (collected qualitative data, analyzed quantitative data, and drafted) reports on U.S. aid for global health, the World Health Organization, and criminal organizations in Central America. o Collected data and created information graphics (figures and maps) on the topics of disease outbreaks and criminal organizations in Central America. ● Presented written and oral communication in a clear, accurate, and professional manner:o Prepared documents for and participated in meetings with congressional staff. o Conducted peer reviews of research products and responded to congressional inquiries about global health and Latin America politics.

o Prepared a 5-country, book length manuscript about property rights in record time. o Conducted 15-months of NSF-sponsored original fieldwork in urban and rural Brazil, Honduras, and Nicaragua :9 cities, 15 villages, and military posts.o Conducted geospatial, time-series, and in-depth qualitative analysis on communal property and natural resource stewardship: administered a large-scale randomized survey experiment to 334 national legislators in Central and South America and conducted over 110 personal interviews with elites, including presidents, military generals, and experts.● Presented written and oral communication in a clear, accurate, and professional manner.o Presented original research and actively participated in 3 professional conferences and consortium meetings.o Translated (English to Spanish) a 10,000-word report by the American Political Science Association and served as expert coder for Varieties of Democracy Project (Sweden) and Comparative Constitutions Project (US).

Oversaw professional staff and managed an office with international collaborative and inter-disciplinary research projects. Worked closely with senior university administrators and faculty members to secure extramural funding. Served as a liaison and fostered research collaborations between Vanderbilt University and institutions of higher education in Latin America. Translated legal contracts, medical documentation, and other information from English to Spanish (vice versa). Negotiated, drafted, and secured the approval of a Memorandum of Understandings with the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru).Secured a National Endowment of the Humanities Grant for The Humboldt in English (HiE) Project.Conducted historical research, wrote in-text annotations, and prepared the annotated bibliography for critical editions of Alexander von Humboldt’s writings on the Americas.Translated texts from Spanish to English for the HiE Project website. Managed and updated the HiE Project website.

DIRECTOR, Division of Democratic Security (November 2006-March 2007)• Developed and promoted political strategies regarding the topics of democratic security and human rights. • Negotiated agreements in regional forums and meetings, particularly the Central-American Integration System. • Oversaw administrative and legal staff.LEGAL COUNSEL, Minister’s Office (April 2006-November 2006)• Provided legal advice for the case Dispute Regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) before the International Court of Justice. • Oversaw administrative and legal staff for the case.LEGAL ASSOCIATE, Division of Democratic Security (July 2005-March 2006)• Advised the Director on issues of Central American legal systems. • Drafted foreign policy briefs.• Represented Nicaragua in conferences and meetings held in the Americas. • Served as a liaison between the Ministry and other governmental institutions. LEGAL ASSISTANT, Minister’s Office (August 2003-June 2004)• Drafted opinions on issues of public international law and foreign policy briefs. • Served as a liaison between the Minister’s office and other divisions.CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST, Division of International Organizations and Conferences (September 2002-July 2003)• Drafted foreign policy briefs for meetings with the Organization of American States (OAS).• Severed as a liaison between the Ministry and the OAS Mission Office in Washington D.C. POLITICAL ANALYST, Division of International Organizations and Conferences (May 2002-August 2002)• Provided research assistance on foreign policy topics. • Prepared dossiers and coordinated travel for regional and international conferences. INTERN, Division of International Organizations and Conferences (February 2002-April 2002) • Prepared the first draft of the III Country Report regarding the implementation of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.