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Visionary and creative innovator, coalition builder and leader of various global AI and digital transformation initiatives with more than 8 years of international experience at the intersection of technology, diplomacy and sustainable development with a trajectory leading cross-functional, international teams. My mission is to enable human agency, inclusion and democratic participation in the digital future. In my current role with the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, I drive efforts for global AI governance and digital cooperation, coordinating intergovernmental processes and advising senior leadership on transformative technology and industry trends and related governance processes. Before, I served as Team Lead for global data science partnerships and programs at the crisis early warning unit PREVIEW, putting data-driven, evidence-based decision-making to work for sustaining peace, climate action, and the SDGs.I combine strategy and political big picture thinking with hands-on, technological expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset. I am a strong believer in multi-stakeholder action and local innovations. To this end, I launched and led global fundraising and digital transformation campaigns with the UN, such as the now 30+ Mio. UN Complex Risk Analytics Fund CRAF’d supporting high quality, open-source data and analytics for targeted crisis prevention, the Ministerial Conference “Sustaining Peace Amidst the Climate Crisis: The Role of Data, Science, and Technology”, the Data Innovation Lab of the FFO and advancing efforts for a global GovTech presence in Berlin. As a regular speaker at international conferences, I love to engage with cross-regional, interdisciplinary experts.Before joining the Federal Foreign Office, I worked in various functions in diplomacy, security and foreign policy analysis and sustainable development with the US State Department, the Munich Security Conference, the German Agency for Development Cooperation, as well as research institutes at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Göttingen. Trained in international relations and law, my regional experience spans across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Happy to connect over: #AI4Good, #SDGs, #GovTech, #future skills, #entrepreneurship, #AI governance, #human rights.