Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

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Degrees: MA - Security Policy Studies - The George Washington University

BS - Computer Forensics - Champlain College
Bio: Robert Sheldon is Senior Director of Public Policy & Strategy at CrowdStrike, where he leads corporate engagement on a variety of International and U.S. government policies, programs, and initiatives.

Prior to joining the CrowdStrike team in 2017, Sheldon was policy director for emerging threats at Business Executives for National Security, a membership-driven think tank. From 2013 to 2014, he was a Mike Mansfield Fellow in Tokyo, where he worked to enhance U.S.-Japan bilateral cybersecurity cooperation. Earlier, Sheldon served as senior policy analyst for military and security affairs at the congressionally-mandated U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, where he led a team of analysts and focused on China's cybersecurity, telecommunications, and technology policies.

Concurrent to his role at CrowdStrike, Sheldon serves as an adjunct professorial lecturer on cybersecurity policy at American University.

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