Uttara Sivaram

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States13 yrs 1 mo experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in AI policy and cybersecurity.
  • Led legislative strategies for major tech companies.
  • Contributed to AI safety frameworks in government.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI policy and cybersecurity within the technology sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Content CreationPolicy AnalysisAi PolicyCybersecurityLegislative StrategyPublic CommunicationsPublic PolicyData PrivacyProduct StrategyData Science

Other Skills

AI SafetyRisk ManagementCorporate AffairsPublic SpeakingLegislative AdvocacySaaS

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Experience

Writer

Head of Global Policy

Sep 2025Present · 6 mos

Council on foreign relations

Term Member

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos

Forbes

AI Columnist

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I am a Forbes contributor covering AI, privacy and cyber. I'm currently writing about how policy interventions, like data regulations and trade restrictions, influence the course of technological innovation.
Content CreationPolicy Analysis

U.s. department of homeland security

Senior Counselor to the Secretary, AI and Cybersecurity

Jan 2024Jan 2025 · 1 yr

  • As the Secretary's direct advisor for AI, I supported implementation of the AI Executive Order, strategic communications about the Department's contributions to AI safety, and operation of AI pilots advancing homeland security. I helped to launch the first AI Safety and Security Board and was the lead author for the Board’s first deliverable, a risk management framework for AI in critical infrastructure.
AI PolicyCybersecurity

Anonym

VP of Policy, Communications & Corporate Affairs

Jan 2023Jan 2024 · 1 yr

  • Anonym is an early-stage privacy startup building technologies that enable companies to securely share and analyze data for digital advertising. I was responsible for executing Anonym’s legislative strategy, directing public communications, managing outside counsel, and supporting strategic partnerships. Anonym had a successful exit via acquisition by Mozilla.
Legislative StrategyPublic Communications

Uber

Global Head of Privacy & Data Policy

Jan 2018Jan 2023 · 5 yrs

  • I built and led a public policy team tasked with advancing data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI around the world. We executed legislative strategies alongside local teams, built PR campaigns around key privacy and security products, and cultivated partnerships with leading advocacy groups and research institutes. In 2020, I testified on behalf of Uber before the CA Senate Transportation and Judiciary Subcommittee.
Public PolicyData Privacy

Bidgely

Product Strategy

Jan 2016Jan 2018 · 2 yrs

  • I built and deployed products at an innovative SaaS company using data science and AI to identify energy consumption trends from smart meter data. I worked on enterprise SaaS solutions as well as mobile and web consumer-facing products in use by +2M consumers and led cross-functional efforts to deploy energy efficiency solutions for 5 major North American electric utilities.
Product StrategyData Science

Carnegie endowment for international peace

Research Assistant, Energy and Climate Program

Jan 2015Jan 2015 · 0 mo · Washington D.C.

  • Worked alongside their Energy & Climate team to develop statistical models assessing trends in global oil, gas, and coal markets; helped to develop the rule-based “Oil-Climate Index” model for carbon impact of oil.

Nextgen climate

Research And Policy Analyst

Jan 2014Jan 2014 · 0 mo

Stanford center for international security and cooperation (cisac)

Research Associate

Jan 2012Jan 2015 · 3 yrs

Education

Stanford University

Master’s Degree — Public Policy

Stanford University

Bachelor's degree — Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

Stanford University

Bachelor’s Degree — Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics

University of Oxford

Cognitive Neuroscience and Economics

Jan 2014Jan 2015

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