DJ Patil
Dean's Senior Fellow, College of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley; General Partner, GreatPoint Ventures; Board Member, Devoted Health
DJ Patil has held a variety of roles in academia, industry, and government. He is currently a board member for Devoted Health, a senior fellow at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, and an advisor to Venrock Partners. He was senior staff and CTO for the Biden-Harris Transition. Patil was appointed by President Obama to be the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist where his efforts led to the establishment of nearly 40 chief data officer roles across the federal government. He also established new health care programs including the Precision Medicine Initiative and the Cancer Moonshot, new criminal justice reforms including the Data-Driven Justice and Police Data Initiatives, as well as leading national data efforts. He also has been active in national security and was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, which is the highest honor the department bestows on a civilian. In industry, he was CTO for Devoted Health, led the product teams at RelateIQ which was acquired by Salesforce, was founding board member for Crisis Text Line which works to use new technologies to provide on demand mental and crisis support, and was a member of the venture firm Greylock Partners. He also was Chief Scientist, Chief Security Officer, and Head of Analytics and Data Product Teams at the LinkedIn Corporation where he co-coined the term Data Scientist. He has also held a number of roles at Skype, PayPal, and eBay. He was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014 and is also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations