Chris Riley
Executive Director at Cedar Road Consulting
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Riley is an executive leader at the intersection of internet policy, law, and technology, currently serving as Executive Director of the Data Transfer Initiative and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. With a rare blend of legal training from Yale Law School and technical roots including a computer science background, he builds strategy and programs that protect the open internet while navigating global governance and regulatory pressures. He has led policy and advocacy efforts at Mozilla, the R Street Institute, and government roles, and now focuses on translating technical complexity into pragmatic, cross-functional initiatives. Known for a warm, collaborative management style, he excels at removing roadblocks, amplifying team impact, and telling the story of measurable outcomes. Though based in the Greater Seattle area, his work is global in scope, reflecting deep experience in both Washington, D.C. policy circles and hands-on technical stewardship.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Wheeling UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityJ.D., J.D. at Yale Law School
Github Skills (14)
data-transfer10
portability10
protocols10
transfer10
data-models10
data-portability10
django8
mozilla8
python7
css7
javascript7
firefox7
html6
pebble5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dtinit/dtinit.github.io
Feb 2023 - Mar 2024
This is the backend of the dtinit.org Web site
Contributions:3 reviews, 32 PRs, 174 pushes in 1 year 1 month
chriswryly/modularityproject.github.io
Sep 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 26 days
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