TheBridge 2018 Profile Highlights

Congratulations to the TheBridge’s top profiles in 2018. TheBridge Profiles are curated by nominations (nominate here) and highlight the work our wide-ranging community is doing at the intersection of technology, innovation, policy and politics. Our full Profile Archive (here) is an excellent resource of leading speakers in these industries and already includes hundreds of profiles.

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US Congressman Will Hurd

US Congressman Will Hurd, former undercover CIA officer and cybersecurity entrepreneur

Ina Fried

Ina Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent at Axios, formerly with CNET and Recode

Ronald Klain

Ronald Klain, General Counsel at venture capital firm, Revolution, former Chief of Staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore

Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts, Administrator at United States Digital Service (USDS), former Head of Webspam Team at Google

Tekedra Mawakana

Tekedra Mawakana, Chief External Officer at Waymo

Mike Lempres

Mike Lempres, Executive In Residence at Andreessen Horowitz, former Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase; Chief Legal & Risk Officer at Coinbse; Mayor of Atherton, CA

Justin Erlich

Justin Erlich, VP of Strategy, Policy & Legal at Voyage, formerly Head of Policy, Autonomous Vehicles & Urban Aviation at Uber and Special Assistant Attorney General at the CA Attorney General’s Office

Jennifer Holtz

Jennifer Holtz, Acting Chief, Cybersecurity & Comms Reliability Division, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Jonathan Spalter

Jonathan Spalter, President and CEO, USTelecom - The Broadband Association, formerly Chair of Mobile Future, Associate Director and CIO, US Information Agency and CEO, Snocap

YJ Fischer

YJ Fischer, Senior Director of Partnerships at Bird, formerly Head of International Business Development at Virgin Hyperloop One and US Department of State

Mark Risher

Mark Risher, Director of Product Management, Security and Privacy at Google (lead on Google's Advanced Protection Program,) formerly CEO and Founder of Impermium

Jedidiah Yueh

Jedidiah Yueh, Founder and Executive Chairman of Delphix

Bobby Franklin

Bobby Franklin, President & CEO of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)

Casey Aden-Wansbury

Casey Aden-Wansbury, Director of Federal Affairs and Engagement at Airbnb, former Chief of Staff to US Senator Al Franken

Jay Kaplan

Jay Kaplan, CEO of Synack and former Senior Computer Network Exploitation and Vulnerability Analyst at the National Security Agency (NSA)

Amelia Friedman

Amelia Friedman, Co-founder & COO at tech startup, Hatch Apps, and DC Board Chair for the Vinetta Project

Andrew Byrnes

Andrew Byrnes, Senior Director (Legal) of Consumer Products at Uber, formerly EVP, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, PresenceLearning and Chief of Staff at US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

Susan Gonzales

Susan Gonzales, Principal, Susan Gonzales Consulting, formerly Facebook’sDirector of Community Engagement; Senior Director of External Affairs at Comcast

Bradley Tusk

Bradley Tusk, CEO of Tusk Holdings, formerly Campaign Manager for Mike Bloomberg, Deputy Governor of Illinois

Chris Massey

Chris Massey, Head of Global Government Relations & Policy at Square, formerly Zenefits, Lyft and state and federal politics and policy.

Megan Brown

Megan Brown, Partner at law firm, Wiley Rein LLP, former Counsel to the US Attorney General