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Heather West
Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy Services at Venable - strategy around security, privacy, AI, data
Washington D.C., DC, United States
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Experience:
Focusing on cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and data.
Working across product, legal, trust, policy, and leadership teams in consumer facing and infrastructure service companies.
Develop product and business strategy and strategic communications around privacy and cybersecurity topics and efforts
Design and establish data governance and privacy programs that demonstrate responsibility and accountability to users and regulators
Complete privacy and security assessments for products, services, and business processes
Design durable, proactive solutions that address current and future U.S. and global privacy and security regimes
2022 : Present
Venable LLP
Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy Services
Led policy development around the company’s work to develop new, privacy protective product experiences and to build policy frameworks that create accountability and privacy protective decision making across the company.
2020 : 2022
Meta
Director, Privacy Policy
Leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. Dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.
Chair of the Audit Committee; member of Compensation Committee, Foundation Program Committee, Governance Committee.
2020 : 2021
Internet Society
Member of the Board of Trustees
Funding initiatives that strengthen the Internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. Member of the Strategic Advisory Committee.
2020 : 2021
Internet Society Foundation
Member of the Board of Trustees
Leading Mozilla’s public policy work for the Americas as a mission-driven software company, including building a robust presence for Mozilla in Washington and building our team. Supporting global policy and advocacy work. Collaborating and consulting internally on policy-impacting products and features across teams, including trust and engineering teams.
2019 : 2020
Mozilla
Head of Americas policy
Working across product, legal, trust, policy, and leadership teams in consumer facing and infrastructure service companies.
Develop product and business strategy and strategic communications around privacy and cybersecurity topics and efforts
Design and establish data governance and privacy programs that demonstrate responsibility and accountability to users and regulators
Complete privacy and security assessments for products, services, and business processes
Design durable, proactive solutions that address current and future U.S. and global privacy and security regimes
2022 : Present
Venable LLP
Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy Services
Led policy development around the company’s work to develop new, privacy protective product experiences and to build policy frameworks that create accountability and privacy protective decision making across the company.
2020 : 2022
Meta
Director, Privacy Policy
Leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. Dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.
Chair of the Audit Committee; member of Compensation Committee, Foundation Program Committee, Governance Committee.
2020 : 2021
Internet Society
Member of the Board of Trustees
Funding initiatives that strengthen the Internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. Member of the Strategic Advisory Committee.
2020 : 2021
Internet Society Foundation
Member of the Board of Trustees
Leading Mozilla’s public policy work for the Americas as a mission-driven software company, including building a robust presence for Mozilla in Washington and building our team. Supporting global policy and advocacy work. Collaborating and consulting internally on policy-impacting products and features across teams, including trust and engineering teams.
2019 : 2020
Mozilla
Head of Americas policy
Company:
Venable LLP
About
Policy and tech translator, product consultant, and long-term internet strategist. I guide the intersection of emerging technologies, culture, governments, and policy.
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