About FAIFoundation for American InnovationFAI_3d6ed448-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea00The Foundation for American Innovation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, established in Silicon Valley in 2014 as Lincoln Labs. Today, we are a national organization with three primary teams: one for building technology (Labs); one for public policy (Research); and one for events, media, and fellowships (Network).BuildersOurs is a politics of builders, hackers, and founders working to advance a more perfect union between technology and the American republic.HackersPolicymakersWe work to help policymakers play a more productive role in fostering innovation, and help technologists and founders take a more active role in shaping governance.TechnologistsFoundersFAI TeamZach GravesExecutive Director ~ Zach Graves is Executive Director at the Foundation for American Innovation. Previously he was head of policy at FAI, and managed the policy and programming team. His research and advocacy focuses on the intersection of technology and governance issues, including work to strengthen science and technology expertise and capacity in Congress. Before joining FAI, he was director of the R Street Institute's technology and innovation policy program. Prior to that, he worked at the Cato Institute as manager of new media. ^^ He is currently a fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School. He is also a contributing editor at American Purpose magazine. In 2018-2019, he was a Technology and Democracy Fellow at the Harvard Ash Center. ^^ He holds a master's degree from the California Institute of the Arts and a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Davis. Zach is married and lives in Washington, DC.Grace MeyerChief Operating Officer ~ Grace Meyer is Chief Operating Officer at the Foundation for American Innovation. Prior to joining FAI, Grace worked at the Cato Institute on their development team. She holds a bachelor's degree from Hillsdale College, where she studied politics and business administration. Grace is originally from Michigan and currently lives with her husband in Washington, DC.Brandon DetweilerHead of Product ~ Brandon is Head of Product at the Foundation for American Innovation. Brandon comes to us with a strong background in Ed Tech, Online Learning, and eCommerce from Veritas Press, where he helped lead and grow the largest and oldest online Classical Christian school in the country as well as launch the Phonics Museum Reading App.Dan LipsHead of Policy ~ Dan Lips is Head of Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, where he manages the policy research team. Dan has well over two decades of experience working in public policy, and has built up deep expertise in K-12 education policy, congressional oversight, as well as cyber and national security policy. ^^ Prior to FAI, from 2011 to 2019, Dan worked on the staff of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, including serving as the majority staff’s homeland security policy director. His legislative accomplishments include bipartisan legislation to modernize federal information security management and to authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity programs. He also focused on Congressional oversight and served on the staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He was the lead staff author of former Sen. Tom Coburn's final oversight report: A Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Missions and Performance, which was featured on 60 Minutes. He also led a bipartisan investigation into how the U.S. immigration system encourages child marriages, which received global coverage in 2019. ^^ Before working on Capitol Hill, Dan served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on cybersecurity and intelligence. From 2000 to 2010, he worked for federal and state think tanks, concentrating primarily on education policy, including serving as a senior policy analyst with the Heritage Foundation. He testified before the House of Representatives in 2007 on improving educational opportunities for foster children. His research has been cited by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has served as a member of the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He was a 2018-19 Penn Kemble Democracy Forum Fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy. He is a visiting fellow with the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. ^^ He earned his bachelor's degree in Politics from Princeton University and his master’s degree in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics.Luke HoggDirector of Outreach ~ Luke Hogg is the Director of Outreach at the Foundation for American Innovation, focusing on the intersection of technological innovation and public policy. Prior to joining FAI, Luke was Federal Affair Manager at FreedomWorks where he primarily concentrated on blockchain, internet governance, and regulatory issues. He holds a BA in Government and Data Science from the College of William and Mary and currently lives in Washington D.C.Andy LongDirector of ProductJoey LivingstonHead of Engineering ~ Joey Livingston is Head of Engineering at the Foundation for American Innovation.Marshall KosloffMedia Fellow ~ Marshall Kosloff is a Media Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, where he co-hosts The Realignment podcast. Before Lincoln, he was a researcher on PBS's Firing Line with Margaret Hoover and participated in the Public Interest Fellowship. He is also a Media Fellow at the Hudson Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Oregon. Marshall lives in Austin, TX.Allison GrastyOperations Manager ~ Allison Landis is Operations Manager at the Foundation for American Innovation. Before joining FAI, Allison worked in software sales in the e-commerce marketing field. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Point Loma Nazarene University. Allison is originally from the Bay Area and currently lives in Washington, D.C.Lars SchönanderPolicy Technologist ~ Lars Erik Schönander is a technologist and software engineer at the Foundation for American Innovation, working across the Research and Labs teams on both policy and technical projects. Previously, Lars interned for Lincoln Park Strategies where he did data analytics and software development. He holds a BA from The George Washington University in International Affairs and Economics and currently lives in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Palladium, City Journal, the National Interest, and elsewhere. His research has been featured on The Ingraham Angle.Inês Juárez FrutuosoProduct Designer ~ Inês Juárez Frutuoso is Product Designer at the Foundation for American Innovation. She has experience in different design branches such as product design, UX and UI design. She is an expert in designing for human needs also loves to travel with her family and learn more about other cultures.Max BodachProject Manager ~ Max Bodach is Project Manager at the Foundation for American Innovation. He was previously a Senior Associate at Keybridge Communications. His writing has appeared in The Lamp, Athwart, and elsewhere. Max holds a dual BA in political economy & government and history from Ave Maria University.Thomas HochmanResearch Associate ~ Thomas Hochman is a research associate at the Foundation for American Innovation. Previously, he interned at the Niskanen Center, where he worked on energy policy issues. He is a senior and Presidential Scholar at the University of Vermont, where he is pursuing a B.S. in mathematical sciences. His writing has appeared in National Review, City Journal, The New Atlantis, and elsewhere.Robert BellafioreResearch Manager ~ Robert Bellafiore is Research Manager at the Foundation for American Innovation. He was previously an Analyst at Baron Public Affairs and a Policy Advisor at the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The American Conservative, Modern Age, and elsewhere. He studied economics and philosophy at the University of Oklahoma.Samuel HammondSenior Economist ~ Samuel Hammond is Senior Economist at the Foundation for American Innovation, where his research focuses on innovation and science policy and the institutional impact of disruptive technologies. He previously worked as the director of social policy for the Niskanen Center, where he remains a senior fellow; as an economist for the Government of Canada specializing in regional economic development; and as a graduate research fellow for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. ^^ Hammond has received a B.A. in Economics from Saint Mary's University and M.A.’s in Economics from George Mason University and Carleton University.Michael TrusslerSenior Engineer ~ Michael Trussler is Senior Engineer at the Foundation for American Innovation.Geoffrey CainSenior Fellow ~ Geoffrey Cain is Senior Fellow at FAI. He is a technologist, author, and foreign correspondent. His most recent book, The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey Into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future, was called “a prescient, alarming work on the overreach of technology and state power” in a Kirkus starred review. His first book, Samsung Rising, was longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award. ^^ A former correspondent at The Economist, Cain has been a regular commentator in The Wall Street Journal, Time, Financial Times, and Foreign Policy, a contributing editor at The Mekong Review, and a regular guest on CNN, MSNBC, BBC and Bloomberg. Cain writes about the ways that repressive governments deploy novel technologies and how democracies can respond. His work takes him to the world’s most authoritarian and far-off places, from inside North Korea to the trans-Siberian railway across Russia, from investigations into genocide in Cambodia to experiments in technological surveillance in China. ^^ As a TechCongress fellow, he was an advisor to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, investigating malign actors who deployed technology and illicit financial tools to undermine American democracy. A Fulbright scholar, he holds a master’s with distinction from London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and a bachelor’s at The George Washington University. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Jon AskonasSenior Fellow ~ Jon Askonas is a senior fellow with FAI. He is an assistant professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America, where he works on the connections between the republican tradition, technology, and national security. He is currently working on two books: A Muse of Fire: Why the U.S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, on what happens to wartime innovations when the war is over and The Shot in the Dark: A History of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, the first comprehensive overview of a unit that helped the Army adapt to the post 9/11 era of counterinsurgency and global power competition. His writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, Unherd, Russian Analytical Digest, Triple Helix, The New Atlantis, Fare Forward, War on the Rocks, and the Texas National Security Review.FAI BoardGarrett JohnsonCo-Founder & Chairman ~ Garrett Johnson is a co-founder and chairman of the board at the Foundation for American Innovation. He is also co-founder and COO at Hydra Host. He previously co-founded SendHub.com, a venture-backed YCombinator startup launched in 2011. Garrett served as professional staff to the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where his oversight portfolio included Afghanistan, Pakistan and Haiti. Originally from Florida, Garrett holds a bachelor's degree from Florida State University and was the two-time NCAA Shot Put champion. He also read for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Migration Studies at the University of Oxford, England as a Rhodes Scholar. Garrett currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida.Aaron GinnCo-Founder & Board Member ~ Aaron Ginn is a co-founder and a member of the board at the Foundation for American Innovation. He is also co-founder and CEO at Hydra Host. Having been a member of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, Ginn, with his cofounders, established FAI to use technology to promote liberty in the public space. He has previously led growth product management at Everlane and StumbleUpon, and was an early founder and proponent of the growth hacking movement.Allison SwopeBoard Member ~ Allison Swope is a partner at Hanover Technology Investment Management. She is also an advisor as well as a co-founder for Assembly, a food and beverage manufacturing, delivery and services company. Prior to this, Allison was the Vice President of Production for VSCO, a social media app. Allison joined VSCO from Facebook, where she led the development of Facebook Live and Facebook Mentions, and helped grow Facebook Messenger to more than 1.4 billion users. Before joining Facebook, Allison worked as an investment banking analyst for Goldman Sachs. ^^ Allison received her Bachelor's Degree from Princeton University. Allison now resides in Dallas, TX.Katie BiberBoard Member ~ Katie Biber is a technology leader with deep experience counseling high-growth companies. In 2020, she became Chief Legal Officer at Brex, the $3 billion fintech startup reimagining financial systems for growing companies. Katie oversees all legal, compliance, and regulatory activities across Brex. ^^ Previously, she served as general counsel at Anchorage, the first crypto-native custody and trading platform for institutional investors, and is now on its Board of Directors. She also built the legal, trust and safety, and government affairs teams at Sequoia-backed Thumbtack and was an early lawyer at Airbnb, where she managed US regulatory and litigation issues. ^^ Earlier in her career, Katie worked as a political and election lawyer, representing candidates, political party committees, and nonprofit groups in high-stakes enforcement actions, congressional investigations, and litigation. She served on multiple political campaigns, including as general counsel to Romney for President in 2012. ^^ Katie graduated summa cum laude from George Washington University. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and a teaching fellow in the government department at Harvard College. Following law school, she served as a clerk to Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. ^^ She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Blockchain Association Foundation and Code for America, a national nonprofit addressing the widening gap between the public and private sectors in their effective use of technology to serve citizens. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two sons.Kmele FosterBoard Member ~ Kmele is a partner at Freethink/Big Think, a digital media firm exploring the intersections of culture, politics, and innovation. He is a contributor to numerous media outlets and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. Kmele's civil liberties advocacy and diverse entrepreneurial experience in technology, communications, and consumer goods inform the unique perspective he brings to his work.Kristen Soltis AndersonBoard Member ~ Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster, speaker, commentator, and author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (And How Republicans Can Keep Up). She is a co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research and analytics firm that serves brands, trade associations, nonprofits, and political clients. Kristen is a contributor to Fox News and has appeared on programs such as Morning Joe, Fox News Sunday, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Kristen is the host of SiriusXM’s "The Trendline with Kristen Soltis Anderson". She is a regular columnist for The Washington Examiner and was the co-host of the weekly podcast "The Pollsters." ^^ Kristen served as a resident fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics and has been an invited speaker at many colleges and universities. She received her Master's Degree in Government from Johns Hopkins University (with “"Best Thesis in the Area of Democratic Processes" honors) and her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Florida. Originally from Orlando, Florida, Kristen now lives in Washington, DC.Laurent CrenshawBoard Member ~ Laurent is the Global Head of Policy for Patreon, where he leads the company's policy development, strategy, planning, and advocacy. Before joining Patreon, Laurent served in senior public policy roles at Eaze and Yelp. Prior to shifting to the tech sector, Laurent worked in the U.S. House of Representatives for over a decade, with roles in the offices of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), then Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO), and in the Republican Conference. His legislative policy work focused on Internet law, intellectual property, and telecommunications.Michael KratsiosBoard Member ~ Michael Kratsios served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House and Under Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. Under his leadership, the White House reoriented U.S. national technology policy towards an explicit primary focus on ensuring continued American leadership in emerging technologies. He is currently the Managing Director at Scale AI, leading corporate strategy and helping accelerate AI applications across industries. Michael was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate and is the youngest Under Secretary of Defense in history. Prior to joining the White House, Michael invested in and advised technology companies at Thiel Capital. A South Carolina native, Michael graduated from Princeton University and served as a Visiting Scholar at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.Mike SolanaBoard Member ~ Mike is a vice president at Founders Fund focused on community and brand. He runs creative programming including Symposium (F50), the firm's annual summit, Hereticon, and Shop Talk, the firm’s professional networking series. He also directs content at Founders Fund, and is the creator / producer of Anatomy of Next, the firm's podcast. Prior to joining Founders Fund, he edited non-fiction for the Penguin Group (USA). There, he acquired and developed New York Times bestselling work in the fields of technology, politics, philosophy, and humor. He is the author of Citizen Sim: Cradle of the Stars. You can also keep up with Mike by following his Substack, Pirate Wires.Tamara WinterBoard Member ~ Tamara is the commissioning editor for Stripe Press, the publishing imprint of Stripe. Previously, she was the head of strategy at the Charter Cities Institute and as a program associate with the Project for the Study of American Capitalism at the Mercatus Center. She holds a B.S. in economics from Southern Methodist University, where she also worked as a Niemi Fellow in the O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom. Her byline has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, a16z, and the Washington Examiner.FAI AdvisorsAlex DubinAdvisor ~ Alex Dubin is an advisor and former Endless Frontier Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. He is a native Californian, having grown up in Los Angeles and attended UC Berkeley. He spent several years in DC after undergrad working at the American Enterprise Institute, the Wilson Center, the Washington PAC, and for the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the State Department. He just graduated with an MPP from the Kennedy School focusing on technology policy and is excited about returning to Washington. He loves hiking, traveling, and his dad's childhood football team, the Green Bay Packers.Alexei BulazelSenior Advisor ~ Alexei Bulazel is a cyber policy expert and computer security engineer/researcher with extensive experience in US government and the private sector, including prior roles developing cyber policy as a Director on the National Security Council staff and across tech companies large and small. ^^ Alexei has presented computer security research at venues including Black Hat and DEFCON, among many others, and has published peer-reviewed academic papers at USENIX WOOT and ROOTS. On cyber policy, he has published in Lawfare and served as a panelist for the National Defense University, Hudson Institute, and other organizations. Alexei has served on the review board for a variety of conferences and journals, including the LangSec Workshop, NDSS BAR, IEEE SecDev, and ACM DTRAP. ^^ Alexei earned his MS and BS degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is an alumnus of the RPISEC computer security team.Antonio García MartínezNon-Resident Senior Fellow ~ Antonio is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation focusing on the intersection of technology, media, free speech, and culture. He is the founder of Spindl, a Web3 attribution company. Previously, AGM was the founder of a YC-backed startup; the first product manager for targeted advertising at Facebook; the author of The New York Times best-selling Chaos Monkeys (2016); a Wired columnist; an advisor at Twitter; and a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs.Ariel DeschapellSenior Advisor ~ Ariel is a senior technical advisor for crypto and Web3 at FAI and co-founder at a stealth startup. Previously, he was the head of engineering at Lincoln Network. Prior to Lincoln, he was a contributing writer at CoinDesk, and a Henry Hazlitt Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education.Evan SwarztrauberSenior Advisor ~ Evan Swarztrauber is a Senior Advisor and Media Fellow on broadband and telecom policy at the Foundation for American Innovation, where he hosts The Dynamist podcast. He is a director at Clout Public Affairs, where he advises clients on public affairs strategies. Previously, he served at the Federal Communications Commission as Policy Advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai. Prior to that, he served as Policy Advisor to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. He also founded and hosted the FCC's official podcast. Before joining the FCC, Evan was Director of Public Affairs at TechFreedom. Prior to his work at TechFreedom, Evan served as a communications staffer in the New York State Assembly and worked on various political campaigns in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University.Jimmy SoniNon-Resident Senior Fellow ~ Jimmy Soni is Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. He is a best-selling and award-winning author. His latest book, The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley, was a debut national best-seller and has earned praise from the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, among many others. Described as "an intensely magnetic chronicle" (NYT) and "engrossing" (Business Insider), the book featured exclusive interviews with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and many others, and it explored PayPal's turbulent early days and the shaping of a generation of technological talent. ^^ Soni's previous book, A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, won the 2017 Neumann Prize, awarded by the British Society for the History of Mathematics for the best book on the history of mathematics for a general audience, and the Middleton Prize by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The book explored the life and times of Dr. Claude Shannon, founder of the field of information theory and one of the 20th century’s forgotten geniuses. Fortune magazine called the book a "charming account of one of the twentieth century's most distinguished scientists…Readers will enjoy this portrait of a modern-day Da Vinci." ^^ A prior work, Rome's Last Citizen: the Life and Legacy of Cato, shared the story of the ancient Roman Senator Cato the Younger, arch-rival of Julius Caesar. Soni is also a co-author of Jane's Carousel, completed with the late Jane Walentas, which captured one woman’s remarkable twenty-five-year journey to restore a beloved carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park. He started his career at McKinsey & Company, and he lives in Brooklyn, New York.Matt ParlmerNon-resident Senior Fellow ~ Matt Parlmer is a software engineer and political activist. He is founder and CEO of GenFab. Previously, he was CEO at Utility, a networked built environment venture. He also founded Ohlogen, an applied computer science research and development company. He is an organizer for the Neoliberal Project, and worked as the executive director of the Open Personal Protective Equipment Project for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.Reynold SchweickhardtNon-Resident Senior Fellow ~ Reynold Schweickhardt is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for Congressional Modernization with the Foundation for American Innovation's policy team. Previously, he was Senior Technology Advisor at the General Services Administration. Prior to that, he was Strategic Advisor at the U.S. House of Representatives’ Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, and Director of Technology Policy for the Committee on House Administration. He has also served as Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. GPO, and as an R&D project manager for Hewlett Packard.Richard ReismanNon-Resident Senior Fellow ~ Richard Reisman is a Non-Resident senior fellow at FAI. Richard is an independent media-tech innovator and frequent contributor to Tech Policy Press, who blogs on human-centered digital services and tech policy at SmartlyIntertwingled.com. Recent work includes a series for Tech Policy Press on delegation and user choice and the media ecology and technical architectures that can regain social media’s promise for augmenting digital society. He has been studying and designing systems for augmenting human collaboration and for sensibly distributing control of technology for decades. ^^ Reisman has managed and consulted for businesses of all sizes, developed pioneering online services, and holds over 50 media-tech patents licensed by over 200 companies to serve billions of users. His book, FairPay: Adaptively Win-Win Customer Relationships, and related blog, FairPayZone.com, introduce new customer-value-first revenue strategies for digital services that were described in Harvard Business Review.Roslyn LaytonNon-Resident Senior Fellow ~ Roslyn Layton, PhD, is Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. She is an international technology expert who explains the economics, security, and geopolitics of broadband internet. ^^ She is Senior Vice President of Strand Consult and Visiting Researcher at Aalborg University Copenhagen where she earned a doctorate in internet economics. She served on the Presidential Transition Team for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). ^^ Roslyn founded the think tank China Tech Threat for promote policy to protect Americans' privacy, security and prosperity from malicious technology and practices by the People’s Republic of China. She testified to the US Senate on the need for spectrum reform, the security advantages of 5G versus Wi-Fi, and the empirical and ethical case for fair cost recovery for broadband networks. She is a Senior Contributor to Forbes.Ryan KhuranaSenior Advisor ~ Ryan Khurana is Chief of Staff at WOMBO Studios Inc, a generative AI startup.Satya ThallamNon-Resident Senior Fellow ~ Satya Thallam is Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. He is a policy expert and advisor, having served in senior roles in the congressional and executive branches and as an executive at a biotechnology startup. ^^ Most recently, Satya was Vice President of Policy at startup EQRx, a highly funded, venture-backed biotech startup. Previously, he was a senior policy official at the White House, within the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, with direct oversight, review, and negotiation of all federal regulatory policymaking across over a dozen cabinet agencies. In this role, he advised the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and fellow senior White House colleagues on regulatory policies and process. His time in government began in the U.S. Senate, at the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, where for nearly five years he was the Senate’s point person on regulatory reform, as well as the committee’s expert on areas running the breadth of the committee’s jurisdiction. ^^ Satya has also spent many years in the think tank sector, leading programs primarily related to financial services policy, at both university-based and independent organizations. In this capacity, he authored policy reports, congressional testimonies, op-eds, and presentations, and built new research programs. Satya’s policy career began at the Goldwater Institute, the premier state policy-focused think tank, beginning as an intern and rising to a director-level role leading the organization’s fiscal policy program.Spencer MacdonaldSenior Advisor ~ Spencer Macdonald is a senior advisor for Web3 and Government Innovation at the Foundation for American Innovation. He is currently an advisor to cryptocurrency startups on product strategy and regulatory compliance. ^^ Previously, Spencer was a US Army Officer and active duty Product Manager at the Army’s Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Cloud Management Agency (ECMA). At ECMA, Spencer led the Department of the Army’s enterprise DevSecOps environment, and led the developer tooling infrastructure that powers the Army Software Factory and other government software units. Previous assignments in the Army included service as a Field Artillery Officer in the 1st Cavalry Division, and a rotation to Camp Casey, Republic of Korea. Before joining the Army, Spencer was a product manager at a venture backed Internet of Things startup, Pet Wireless, which was acquired by Nestle Purina.A more perfect union between technology and the American republic_3d6ed682-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea00To develop technology, talent, and ideas that support a better, freer, and more abundant future_3d6ed808-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea00TechnologyOur work is rooted in an optimistic vision for the future, in which technology is aligned to serve human ends: promoting individual freedom, supporting strong institutions, advancing national security, and unleashing economic prosperity.National SecurityEconomic ProsperityCollaborationWe believe that better collaboration between innovators and policymakers is vital for making this future happen sooner.InnovationDynamismWhile technological progress has been an overwhelming net positive for humanity, we also recognize that new technologies sometimes bring novel harms and disruptions, undermining our security, our livelihoods, and our social and community life. Rather than only focusing on the upsides of innovation, we believe dynamism is best advanced by working in good faith to anticipate and mitigate these challenges, while at the same time opposing the reactionary forces of social panic and incumbent protectionism.Free SpeechIn an era of increasing geopolitical strife, uncertainty, and malaise, we also reaffirm the need for American values and institutions -- including free speech, economic liberty, and the rule of law -- to lay the foundation for the dynamic future we want to create.Economic LibertyRule of LawResearchStudy the intersection of innovation, governance, and national security_3d6ed97a-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea001FAI Research TeamRESEARCH ~ The Research team is a boutique think tank of policy experts and technologists focused on issues at the intersection of innovation, governance, and national security. This team’s work focuses on impact research, educational outreach, and seeding novel solutions in the weeds of policy formation.Make The Future Happen Sooner.PapersPublish research papers_3d6edace-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea001.1Letters & TestimonySend letters and present testimony_3d6edc22-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea001.2CommentaryOffer commentaries_3d6edd94-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea001.3Culture & ConversationBuild a translation layer between the cultures of tech and policy and shape the national conversation around innovation_3d6edede-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea002FAI Network TeamNETWORK ~ The Network team is focused on fellowships, events, and media, building a translation layer between the two cultures of tech and policy, and shaping the national conversation around innovation.TechnologistsPolicymakersEventsBring together technologists, founders, authors, and policymakers to explore timely topics_3d6ee032-4755-11ee-9159-06effa82ea002.1TechnologistsFoundersAuthorsPolicymakersEvents ~ Each year we host dozens of events across the country, engaging our communities in Silicon Valley, Miami, Austin, New York, D.C., and elsewhere. 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