• Review Meta's products for sanctions and export control risk and define and test sanctions controls across a spectrum of 90+ products

• Design novel systems and procedures for auto-detection and enforcement of possible sanctions targets

• Collaborate across a broad cross-functional network of product engineer and policy and legal experts to ensure sanctions requirements are properly communicated and correctly implemented

• Led audit on Meta’s internal designation list dangerous organizations and individuals (DOI) to assess risk and quality of information for each designation

• Performed open-source research on criminal, hate, terrorist and other dangerous organizations; draft memoranda and long-form reports documenting research

• Leveraged multiple large datasets to design and create interactive Looker Studio (Google) dashboard from scratch

• Liaised with Meta’s legal and content policy teams to refine and edit memoranda for leadership review

• Advised senior management to develop and execute FDP’s strategic vision; conceptualize and implement department initiatives, grant projects, conferences, and marketing strategies

• Conducted research and produce articles, analysis, and media commentary on South Korean domestic politics and North Korea

• Drafted and reviewed digital content, AEI blog posts, and funding proposals to maintain content control and convey complex foreign policy scholarship in a clear and concise manner

• Managed multi-million-dollar departmental budget to ensure best use of donor funds

• Created and managed relationships with US and foreign government officials, media, business leaders, and academic groups to expand FDP’s audience

• Oversaw hiring and management of a team of 20 research assistants and other departmental staff to establish equitable workflow and completion of project deliverables

• Edited the weekly “The Rundown” newsletter highlighting FDP’s work; drove audience development strategy that raised total number of subscribers by 31% from 2017-18

• Conducted extensive qualitative research in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean on US strategy in the Indo-Pacific, the Chinese military apparatus, and US alliances in East and Southeast Asia

• Managed several foundation grants ($10k-$200k) to ensure that project deliverables (monographs, public events, promotion) were met in a timely manner

• Planned and coordinated logistics for public and private events; drafted research memos under strict deadlines; edited monographs, op-eds, and congressional testimonies

• Conducted analytical research on international economics, energy security, and comparative politics of East Asia for Dr. Kent E. Calder

• Leveraged databases and Excel to structure graphical interpretations of economic and energy data and provide the latest figures for graduate course materials and upcoming publications

• Served as the primary point of contact for Singapore: Smart City, Smart State with the Brookings Institution and managed all communications, permissions, and copy-editing