Mitchell Kominsky
General Partner at futureland ventures
Washington, District of Columbia
Overview
Work Experience
Vice President of Government Affairs
2025 - Current
Founder & Senior Advisor
2025
Founder & General Partner
2022 - 2025
Investing in transformative early-stage AI and deep tech companies.
investing in transformative early-stage technology startups creating a more sustainable, resilient, and connected future.
Director, Self-Driving Vehicles, Transportation, and Smart Cities
2021 - 2022
Responsible for leading self-driving vehicle, transportation, and smart city efforts. Led advocacy for clients such as Waymo, NVIDIA, Intel, Kodiak, Nuro, and more. CTA also produces CES.
Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives and Technology Policy, NHTSA
2020 - 2021
Executive team member of NHTSA and advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation on autonomous vehicles, technology policy, and traffic safety. Led the creation and development of U.S. DOT's platform to connect stakeholders in the automated vehicle community, known as the Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (TEST) Initiative.
Special Assistant for Policy, Governmental and Public Affairs
2019 - 2020
Office of the Secretary (OST), Advisor
2019 - 2019
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
2016 - 2019
Venture Smarter is a technology startup focused on accelerating the development of P3 infrastructure projects and smart city technologies. Led the company's strategy, product, and corporate development. Customers included Cisco, Oracle, Spectrum, Hitachi, and more. Responsible for building a novel platform for 7,000+ organizations. Built partnerships with investment firms, including negotiating deal to access $3B in capital for various smart city initiatives.
Policy Counsel for Technology, Commerce, and Transportation
2014 - 2016
Republican Policy Committee (Senate Leadership) under Senator Barrasso. Lead Policy Counsel on technology, commerce, and transportation. Develop legislative strategy, and cultivate partnerships. Worked on FAST ACT, FAA Reauthorization, Infrastructure and covered Senate Commerce Committee.
Counsel and Congressional Investigator, Emerging Technologies & National Security
2009 - 2014
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Led strategy and operations in high profile Congressional national security and technology investigations; Act as Counsel and staff more than 80 Congressional hearings; Authored various cybersecurity laws