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Alexander Macgillivray is an American technology policymaker who served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the Obama and Biden White Houses.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
[edit]Macgillivray was appointed the Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and deputy director in both the Biden and Obama White House Offices of Science and Technology Policy.[6][7] In these roles he oversaw federal technology policy on matters ranging from AI, to privacy, to internet accessibility.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Before his government appointments, Macgillivray was the general counsel at Twitter which he described as the "free speech wing of the free speech party,"[14] and has advised numerous technology and data organizations including helping establish the Berman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard.[15][16][17]
- ↑ Krishan, Nihal (2023-06-08). "U.S. Principal Deputy CTO Alexander Macgillivray departs". FedScoop. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Edwards, Jane (2021-12-23). "Alexander Macgillivray Named OSTP Principal Deputy CTO". www.executivegov.com. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "Obama names Megan Smith as Chief Technology Officer of the U.S." MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Temple, James (2014-09-04). "White House Names Google's Megan Smith as U.S. CTO". Vox. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "White House names Google's Megan Smith the next Chief Technology Officer of the United States". The Washington Post. 2014-09-05. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Edwards, Jane (2021-12-23). "Alexander Macgillivray Named OSTP Principal Deputy CTO". www.executivegov.com. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "Macgillivray Returns to White House OSTP Role | NISO website". www.niso.org. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Davis, Pearl. "Former U.S. Deputy Chief of Technology Officer speaks on AI and Regulation". Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "Summary of Comments Received Regarding Data Portability". whitehouse.gov. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Gold, Ashley (2023-06-08). "Scoop: Deirdre Mulligan to be new principal deputy U.S. CTO". Axios. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "OSTP's Denice Ross Promoted to U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer – MeriTalk". 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "'AI Moment' Offers Federal Policy Path, OSTP Official Says". meritalk.com. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Bublé, Courtney (2022-12-28). "The White House Charts a Course for Open Government". Government Executive. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Halliday, Josh (2013-08-30). "Lawyer and champion of free speech Alex Macgillivray to leave Twitter". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "Alexander "amac" Macgillivray". Data & Society. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ Sengupta, Somini (2012-09-02). "Twitter's Free Speech Defender". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "People | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
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