Joseph Whitlock

Joseph Whitlock serves as Executive Director of the Global Data Alliance. He also serves as Director, Policy at BSA | The Software Alliance.

Based in Washington DC, Whitlock develops and implements strategies to advance cross-border data policies that help build digital trust and that support the secure and responsible movement of information across transnational IT networks. Whitlock also works on other digital trade, competition, and patent policy matters.

Whitlock holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in DC and a BA in Comparative Literature (French, German, Japanese) from Columbia University in New York.