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Clara Tsao

Blockchain Executive | Serial Non-Profit & Tech Startup Founder | Civic Tech, National Security, T&S, Digital Forensic Expert

United States

Overview 

Clara Tsao is a Blockchain Executive with a strong background in founding non-profits and tech startups, specializing in civic tech, national security, and digital forensics. She currently serves as a Founding Officer at the Filecoin Foundation and Co-Founder of the Trust & Safety Professional Association, showcasing her leadership in the tech industry and commitment to social impact. Tsao has held prominent roles such as Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and President of the Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation, demonstrating her expertise in technology, national security, and innovation.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Officer

    2020 - Current

    Building an open source, decentralized storage network designed to preserve humanity’s most important information. Also overseeing Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (https://ffdweb.org/)

Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization that accelerate the Filecoin ecosystem.

  • Co-Founder and Board | Former Co-Executive Director (Interim),

    2019

    The Trust & Safety Professional Association (TSPA) is a 501(c)(6) organization supporting the global community of professionals who develop and enforce principles and policies that define acceptable behavior and content online. TSPA is a forum for professionals to connect with a network of peers, find resources for career development, and exchange best practices for navigating challenges unique to the profession.

  • Advisory Board (No.10 Innovation Fellowship)

    2020

    The No.10 Innovation Fellowship Programme, announced as part of the National Data Strategy, will see around 10 Fellows enter government each year. We’ve taken inspiration from the US Presidential Innovation Fellowship Programme, which has attracted top talent from tech giants, start-ups, and academia, and led to new products and services in areas such as healthcare, veterans support, and natural disaster relief.

  • Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)

    2020

    Non-resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab focused on content moderation and foreign influence operations.

Renewing the Atlantic community for global challenges

  • Fellow (Non-Resident)

    2019

    Non-resident fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy. Focused on regulatory policies related to content moderation and the Information Operations Archive - an archive of over 10 million datasets from Russian and Iranian state-sponsored influence operations.

GMF strengthens transatlantic cooperation on regional, national and global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the Marshall Plan.

  • Senior Advisor

    2019

    Tech Against Terrorism is an initiative launched and supported by the United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) working with the global tech industry to tackle terrorist use of the internet whilst respecting human rights.

  • President and Board Chair

    2017 - 2022

  • Vice President of the Board

    2017 - 2018

  • Fellow [Tech Policy]

    2019 - 2019

    Mozilla Fellows are web activists, open-source researchers and scientists, engineers, and technology policy experts who work on the front lines of developing new thinking on how to address emerging threats and challenges facing a healthy internet. Work focused on polices and evaluating tools related to trust & safety, content moderation, online disinformation, election security, and terrorist use of the internet.

“You Should Probably” is a Firefox extension that will remind you to do something useful with your life whenever you visit your favorite

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2018 - 2019

    CTO [GS-15] and founding team of the Countering Foreign Influence Task Force focused on online disinformation, foreign influence operations, and election security.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2016 - 2019

    CTO [GS-15] of the Interagency Countering Violent Extremism Task Force at DHS, the National Counterterrorism Center, Department of Justice, and FBI

U.S. National Infrastructure Advisory Council is a security enforcement organization that safeguards the American land from threats.

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