Alvin Salehi

Salehi at the White House in 2015

Alvand "Alvin" Salehi is an American technologist, attorney and policymaker. He is a Senior Technology Advisor at the White House and the co-founder of Code.gov.[1][2]

Early Life and Education

Salehi was born and raised in Orange County, CA.[2] He graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism, a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, a Master's degree in Management, and a Juris Doctorate.[2]

Career

The White House

Salehi joined the White House in 2015 as a technology advisor in the Office of the US CIO.[1] He led the development of the nation's first-ever Federal Source Code Policy[3], which was officially published on August 8, 2016.[4] The policy cuts wasteful taxpayer spending on software acquisitions by mandating that government-funded software be shared across all federal agencies.[3][5] It also requires that a portion of government code be released to the public as open source software to maximize the economic benefits associated with code sharing and reuse.[3][5] The draft of the Federal Source Code Policy was recorded as one of the most highly commented White House policies in history.[6][7]

On November 3, 2016, Salehi launched Code.gov with US CIO Tony Scott.[8][9] Since then, Code.gov has become the nation's primary platform for sharing and improving government code, boasting a large collection of reusable software projects from over two dozen federal agencies and organizations.[10] Notable examples include a reusable Facebook Messenger bot[11] built by the Executive Office of the President, a comprehensive web analytics tool[12] built by GSA, and an intuitive tracking application[13] built by the Pentagon for a NATO mission in Afghanistan[14][15]—all of which Salehi has discussed in keynote presentations around the country.[5][10][16]

Previous Work

Prior to joining the White House, Salehi "helped lead the State Department’s efforts to expand Internet access to Africa and improve global market access for US technology companies. He also served at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, which invests in transformative, cutting-edge technologies on behalf of the federal government."[17][18]

On July 13, 2017, Salehi was appointed by Harvard University to serve as a research affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 "White House adviser adds crime fighter to his portfolio". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alvand Salehi - Senior Technology Advisor @ White House | crunchbase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Federal Source Code Policy (M-16-21)" (PDF). The White House. August 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The People’s Code". whitehouse.gov. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sharing America's code". Opensource.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  6. ↑ GitHub (2016-10-26), The People's Code - GitHub Universe 2016, retrieved 2017-06-16
  7. ↑ Public Comments on Federal Source Code Policy, The White House, 2017-05-25, retrieved 2017-06-16
  8. ↑ Code for America (2016-11-08), Alvand Salehi & Tony Scott: The White House and the People's code, retrieved 2017-06-16
  9. ↑ "The People’s Code – Now on Code.gov". whitehouse.gov. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  10. 1 2 Medium (2017-06-27). "The Journey to Sharing America’s Code". Medium.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  11. ↑ "Facebook Messenger Bot". code.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  12. ↑ "Analytics.usa.gov". code.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  13. ↑ "ANET". code.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  14. ↑ "Defense Digital Service revamps NATO training management platform -- GCN". GCN. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  15. ↑ "Meet the Nerds Coding Their Way Through the War in Afghanistan". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  16. ↑ O'Reilly (2017-05-11), Sharing America's Code - Alvand Salehi (The White House), retrieved 2017-06-16
  17. ↑ "Alvand Salehi at Open Source Convention in Austin 2017". conferences.oreilly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  18. ↑ "Keynote Speakers". GitHub Universe. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  19. ↑ "Harvard's Berkman Klein Center Announces 2017-2018 Community | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
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