Experience

Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • 2022 - Present

  Launched by Eric Schmidt and Henry Kissinger to enhance U.S. competitiveness. Launched by Eric Schmidt and Henry Kissinger to enhance U.S. competitiveness.



California 100 Initiative

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • 2022 - Present

  An initiative by Evan Spiegel to image California’s next century. An initiative by Evan Spiegel to image California’s next century.



National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

• Government Administration

• Special Government Employee

  • 2019 - 2021

  Devised industrial policy for the U.S. to be globally competitive in the age of A.I. Devised industrial policy for the U.S. to be globally competitive in the age of A.I.



Schmidt Futures

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Director & Senior Fellow

  • 2018 - 2021

  Part of the founding team that designed and scaled $1 billion in philanthropic programs at Schmidt Futures and grew the philanthropy of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from 10 to 100 people. Led programs and grant-making in technology and society, including initiatives on AI for social good, the ethics of invention and innovation, and technology for underserved populations. With Eric Schmidt, co-directed initiatives on China, COVID, and technological competition. With Barbara Bush, led a 23-nation study of COVID by 78 researchers across 47 institutions debuted at Futures Forum on Preparedness with the WHO Director-General and Anthony Fauci. Show less



Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Technologist

  • 2018 - 2018

  Taught undergraduate study group on “Public Leadership in a Technological Age” Taught undergraduate study group on “Public Leadership in a Technological Age”



Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Founding Partner

  • May 2016 - Nov 2017

  Appointed by the Secretary of Defense to create and launch the Pentagon's Silicon Valley Office. Led staff of 67 civilian and uniformed personnel overseeing over 100 projects piloting advanced commercial technology¬—from flying cars to microsatellites—in military missions. Fielded capabilities now used by in combat and humanitarian missions worldwide, from air operations software that prevented ISIS from committing genocide to space-based SAR imaging to detect North Korean and Russian missile launches. Revitalized relations between the Pentagon, start-ups, and the venture capital community by pioneering a rapid acquisition pathway now responsible for $39 billion dollars of technology acquisition by the Department of Defense. Show less



National Security Council, The White House

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director for Strategic Planning

  • 2015 - 2016

  NSC’s lead strategist on technology. Led the NSC’s 15-person Strategic Planning Small Group, which advises the President and National Security Advisor on strategic trends in technology, security, economics, and geopolitics. With U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, led 23-person study on the future of technology.

• White House Ebola Task Force

  • 2015 - 2015

  Under “Ebola Czar” Ron Klain, oversaw Operation United Assistance, which deployed 3,000 U.S. troops in support of 100,000 health care workers to end the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Led 74-person NSC Lessons Learned Study on Ebola credited with presaging the COVID pandemic.



The White House

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Advisor to the Counselor to the President

  • 2014 - 2014

  Served in the Cheif of Staff's office. Primary Author, White House Report on Big Data under Counselor to the President John Podesta. Served in the Cheif of Staff's office. Primary Author, White House Report on Big Data under Counselor to the President John Podesta.



United States Department of Defense

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • 2011 - 2014

  Led 8-person Initiatives Team on the Joint Staff which prepared the Chairman for all meetings with the President and Secretary of Defense. Helped develop the military’s strategies on cyber, technology, innovation, Ebola, operational energy, and the future of war. Chairman’s liaison to Silicon Valley and DARPA.

• Special Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense

  • 2009 - 2011

  Accompanied William Lynn, the Pentagon’s #2 civilian official, on over twenty trips around the world. Staff author of landmark Foreign Affairs article, “Defending a New Domain: Pentagon’s Cyber Strategy." Helped oversee the creation of DoD strategies on cyber, space, climate, and operational energy



Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

• Washington, D.C. and Baghdad, Iraq

• Lead Writer, Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience

  • 2006 - 2009

  Co-author of 28-chapter official history coined “the Iraq Pentagon Papers” by The New York Times. Embedded in military and foreign aid operations across Iraq, Kuwait, and Jordan during the surge. Civilian Service Medal for hazardous missions in Iraq. Co-author of 28-chapter official history coined “the Iraq Pentagon Papers” by The New York Times. Embedded in military and foreign aid operations across Iraq, Kuwait, and Jordan during the surge. Civilian Service Medal for hazardous missions in Iraq.



Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board

• Houston, Texas and Washington, DC

• Editor, Final Report

  • 2003 - 2003

  Explored the accident’s “organizational cause” on team led by sociologist Diane Vaughan. Authored report findings and recommendations on NASA organizational failures, “broken safety culture,” shuttle program history, and national space policy. Explored the accident’s “organizational cause” on team led by sociologist Diane Vaughan. Authored report findings and recommendations on NASA organizational failures, “broken safety culture,” shuttle program history, and national space policy.