Hello there! I am a technology policy researcher and practitioner. My work focuses on how the regulatory frameworks and design choices around platforms, AI systems, and connected devices shape people’s everyday lives — both in small and big ways.

As a Policy Fellow at the Knight-Georgetown Institute, my research focused on the ways in which current platform regulation measures empirical evidence. My research compared disclosures produced under the European Union’s Digital Services Act with evidence emerging through litigation in the United States. By placing those sources side by side, our research highlighted what different systems of oversight reveal, and leave hidden, about risk mitigation, and the effects of digital products on their users.

At New America’s Open Technology Institute, I explored similar questions at the level of technical architecture. My research on AI agents and the Model Context Protocol examined how emerging standards can determine who controls personal data, how authority is divided among users, developers, and platforms, and whether people can meaningfully move between competing services. I also researched how state and local governments are adopting AI, with an emphasis on the institutional and operational decisions that determine how policy works in practice.

I currently manage the Technology and Digital Policy portfolio at the BMW Group, covering artificial intelligence, connected vehicles, cybersecurity, and data privacy. As vehicles become increasingly software-defined, this work brings many of the same questions into the physical world. I focus on how emerging rules are translated into practice within a global, highly regulated industry.

My research and writing have been published by the Knight-Georgetown Institute, New America, Politico, Fortune, Tech Policy Press, ReThinkAI, and the Georgetown Public Policy Review. My paper on AI agents and privacy received a 2026 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award from the Future of Privacy Forum.

Before entering technology policy, I worked as a screenwriter, playwright, and film and television development executive, helping develop projects for Netflix, FX, Disney, and Universal. I also wrote plays about technology and institutional power that were produced around the country. That background continues to shape how I communicate research and keeps me focused on how large systems are experienced by the people living and working inside them.