Awards & Recognition
★Confirmed by US Senate 60-31 for Assistant Secretary of Commerce position
★Described as occupying 'rarified air among Internet and technology policy experts' by industry leaders
Notable Facts
→Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (2022-2025)
→Led NTIA with 500+ employees overseeing $48 billion in broadband infrastructure funding
→Opened Google's Washington D.C. office in 2005, first policy hire
→VP of Global Policy at Mozilla Foundation before government service
→MIT graduate with degrees in mathematics/computer science and technology policy, plus Yale Law JD
→Led implementation of historic $42.45 billion BEAD broadband deployment program
→Currently Head of Government Affairs at Databricks (2025)
→25+ years at intersection of technology, policy, and law
→Obama Administration's first Director of Digital Economy at Commerce Dept
→Associate Director at Center for Democracy and Technology early in career