Aaron Bartnick is a strategic operator and policy expert with 11 years of experience advising senior government and business leaders on technology security, economic statecraft, and emerging-tech risk. Currently Chief of Staff at Science and a fellow at both the Center on Global Energy Policy and Carnegie Mellon, he blends startup execution in neural engineering with high-stakes national security policy work. At OSTP and the Treasury he led cross-agency efforts on research security and reviewed hundreds of CFIUS transactions, directly shaping U.S. controls on critical technologies and semiconductor standards. His background spans campaign organizing, nonprofit operations, and international development, giving him a rare mix of political grit, program delivery, and technical policy fluency. Based in San Francisco and trained at Brown, Oxford, and Harvard, he’s as comfortable negotiating with C-suite executives as he is translating complex security tradeoffs into actionable governance.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MPA, MPA at Harvard Kennedy School
A.B., History, Political Science, A.B., History, Political Science at Brown University
MBA, MBA at University of Oxford - Said Business School
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