Andrew J. Grotto is the founding director of the Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance and a William J. Perry International Security Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. 

He serves as the faculty lead for the Cyber Policy and Security specialization within Stanford’s Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy Program and teaches the core course, Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Policy. He is also a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. 

Grotto is President and CEO of Sagewood Global Strategies LLC, a technology policy and risk advisory firm. He sits on the Board of Directors for Slamfire Inc./Turtle Rock Studios, a subsidiary of Tencent, and the advisory board of Cygnvs. 

Before coming to Stanford in 2017, Grotto worked in public service, most recently as the Senior Director for Cyber Policy on the National Security Council at the White House. He received his JD from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, his MPA from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and his BA from the University of Kentucky.