Pinal Shah Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

• "Samva" in Sanskrit means to "create narratives through dialogue". Through my services, I:
• Provide strategic advice to clients on trust & safety risk/vulnerability in product design, both generally, and with specific user bases in mind
• Craft strategic narratives and distill complex technical and policy issues into actionable insights, influencing and building consensus amongst diverse stakeholders
• Provide insights and analysis on business decisions within complex online safety regulatory environments
• Build content moderation policy ecosystems
• Draft language for user interfaces to ensure adoption of positive privacy, safety, & security behaviors

San Francisco, California (CA), US

• Launched MI Ballot Cure Help Desk (partnering with DNC Legal and VoPro Pros), contributing towards a nearly 90% cure rate across the state (over 8,000 ballots)
• Managed volunteer team of over 50 volunteers, facilitating all aspects of voter protection ground operations, including voter registration, confirmation of voting infrastructure, and confirmation that local clerk’s.
• Curated comms for voters to help them understand their ballot status, tailoring messaging to optimize chances voters would take action
• Coordinated with boiler room attorneys on complex cure issues to ensure resolution

New York, NY, US

• Developed and implemented content classification policies that train machine learning models to detect harmful/unsuitable digital content for new and existing products
• Working closely with Data Science, Legal, and Ontology partners, conducted data analysis on ML outputs to ensure precision and recall accuracy, iterating on policies and negotiating trade-offs where relevant
• Conducted strategic client research with some of the world’s largest brands to understand both targeted and global content suitability trends and perceptions
• Monitored generative AI advancements and global online safety regulatory frameworks to provide strategic business guidance on product development

Seattle, WA, US

• Developed and communicated strategy for company policy on acceptable uses of service offerings and enforcement of abusive online content and activity (such as child safety, misinformation, cybersecurity, etc.)
• Interpreted global regulatory requirements to craft a responsible innovation framework and abuse workflows for AWS products and services, working closely with Legal and Public Policy
• Managed external engagement strategy for online safety, and actively participated in external fora, such as World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition for Digital Safety, to develop global principles and create risk.
• Managed team of Subject Matter Experts across various policy domains to craft internal policies that simultaneously incorporated external positions, aligned with business needs, and enabled frameworks for consistent.
• Responded to high level escalations with policy analysis, working cross-functionally with stakeholders to mitigate, and crafted communications for congressional and law enforcement inquiries2022-2023: Board Member of.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

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Menlo Park, California, US

I built programs at the intersections of Trust & Safety, Security, & Behavioral Design, focusing on: Safety by Design, content moderation/community guidelines, countering misinformation/disinformation, responsible innovation, and product inclusivity.I advised product & engineering teams on potential abuse, harm, and exclusivity vectors as they ideated and.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Lead architect for Privacy by Design (created privacy review process of all products, services, and features across all lines of business)
• Advocated for privacy in product and engineering decisions while balancing risks against business objectives, working cross-functionally with engineers, PMs, TPMs, Legal, Biz Partnerships, etc.
• Drafted privacy policies (Data Classification, Employee Privacy Policy, Breach Notification/Incident Response, etc.)
• Strategically scaled privacy program maturity to ensure compliance with CCPA, GDPR, GAPP, FIPP, PMM, HIPAA Privacy Breach Notification, and other relevant regulatory and policy frameworks

Washington, US

The Internet Law & Policy Foundry is a collaborative collection of Internet law and policy professionals passionate about technology, privacy, and innovation. The Foundry offers members a platform for professional development, constructive debate, and network-building within a cohort of skilled attorneys and policy analysts eager to help shape the.

• Client: Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate, Cybersecurity Division
• Conducted public engagement campaigns and strategic market targeting to find relevant companies and solutions that could modify existing technology or create new product verticals for the Homeland Security mission
• Negotiated and drafted legal agreements between startups and U.S. Government (to include provisions on intellectual property, license incorporation, privacy, risk management, information sharing, and data protection)
• Traveled across the U.S. to evangelize SVIP program to startups, VCs, accelerators, & local and foreign governments
• Conducted Privacy Impact Assessments for new and proposed technology solutions to build in Privacy by Design
• Collaborated cross-functionally with engineers, end users, startups, and key stakeholders for product development

Washington, DC, US

• Presidential Political Appointee- Obama AdministrationPOLICY DEVELOPMENT & POLITICAL ADVISEMENT
• Advised senior leadership on complex national security technology policy, including on cyber and aviation security & bringing emerging technology into government
• Part of select team of senior officials directed by the Secretary to create a solution to countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in national airspace
• Developed framework to address risks/threats posed by UAS, while balancing policy efforts to integrate UAS into commerce, as directed by the PresidentINTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
• On behalf of U.S. government, negotiated and drafted international legal agreements and licenses on R&D to enhance homeland security equities in core mission areas, with the governments of Israel, Netherlands, Spain.
• Negotiated and managed $12 million agreement with the Israeli government, DHS' largest matched R&D agreement at the time

Sacramento, California, US

• Under Federal guidelines, drafted Disability Law and “Return to Work” policy for adoption under SB 863
• Determined validity of individual employee workers’ compensation claims pursuant to state law and worked with State Compensation Insurance Fund to determine extent of benefits

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Analyzed skill set and job requirements of potential candidates and drafted memoranda to the President recommending candidates for nomination or appointment to various roles throughout the Administration
• Analyzed public records and conducted background checks and vetting of over 30 potential Obama Administration appointees throughout the Administration’s Federal agencies

Washington, DC, US

• Interpreted U.S. Code regulations on over 50 Freedom of Information Act requests and determined whether government was required to disclose information, pursuant to Federal law
• Drafted letters to the public on behalf of U.S. Government once a sensitivity determination was made regarding release on information under FOIA, citing U.S. law
• Conducted discovery for litigation on Deepwater Horizon and responded to subpoenas on Solyndra case

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Conducted statutory and regulatory analysis pursuant to Federal Acquisitions Regulation, including contract termination for the convenience of the government and debarment of non-compliant contractors
• Assisted clients through all aspects of the procurements process once Requests for Proposals were submitted, including procurement integrity, cost-technical tradeoff analysis in a best value procurement, debriefing of.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Civil Rights Law & National Security Law
• Analyzed national security protocols and drafted policy memoranda on TSA security screening functions, Fourth Amendment search and seizure regarding scope of the search, and behavior detection policies
• Conducted legal research on passenger complaints of alleged civil rights violations, including racial profiling, violations of privacy, and excessive detainment claims

San Francisco, California, US

• Drafted policy and programming agreements between the Authority and the Federal government
• Assisted Finance group with quarterly and State Controller reports, and maintained agency website
• Attended Board of Supervisors SFCTA Committee meetings to write minutes and draft memos for Board

• Public school English teacher, Spanish teacher at Montessori school; English summer camp director
• Translated documents from Italian to English and vice versa; led workshops and promotion lessons around Rome

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Uc Education Abroad Program (Fall & Spring), Facultad De Ciencias Políticas Y Sociología

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology