Michael represents clients before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies on matters pertaining to artificial intelligence, national security, space, health, and financial services. For over a decade, policymakers, companies, boards, and investors have relied on Michael to advance policy prerogatives and ensure government support for critical infrastructure technology.
Earlier in his career, Michael was the Deputy Director of Government Affairs for one of the leading advocacy organizations in Washington. In this capacity, he worked to secure over $30 billion in Congressional funding for defense, security assistance, and technologies programs, and he drafted and advanced complex artificial intelligence legislation. Michael also successfully advocated for the establishment at the National Security Council of an international Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology, which includes working groups on artificial intelligence, trusted technology ecosystems, health, and climate change. Relatedly, he has worked with the Executive Branch and foreign governments to develop programs furthering regulatory cohesion of rules, standards, and export controls for artificial intelligence.
Michael has additionally served as the Legislative Director for Congresswoman Grace Meng, the Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and a senior Member of its State and Foreign Operations and Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittees. In this capacity, he oversaw technology issues and helped usher several bills to passage, including significant telecommunications and privacy legislation for which he was the Congresswoman’s principal author.
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