Renee DiResta

Renee DiResta is a tech entrepreneur and researcher who lives in San Francisco. As Head of Policy at Data for Democracy and a Staff Associate at Columbia University Data Science Institute, Renee researches the spread of disinformation across social networks. She has advised Congress, the State Department, and other government, academic, community and business leaders about understanding and responding to computational propaganda operations. In 2017, Renee was named a Presidential Leadership Scholar, and had the opportunity to continue her work with the support of the Presidents Bush, President Clinton, and the LBJ Foundation. Previously, Renee was part of the founding team of venture-backed supply chain logistics technology platform Haven, where she ran business development and marketing. Renee has also been an investor at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), focused on hardware and logistics startups, and an emerging markets derivatives trader at Jane Street Capital. Her work and writing have been featured in the New York Times, Politico, Slate, Wired, Fast Company, Inc., and the Economist. She is the author of the O’Reilly book “The Hardware Startup: Building Your Product, Business, and Brand”, and lives on the web at http://reneediresta.com and @noUpside.

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