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Harry Krejsa is the Director of Studies, Washington Office, for the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST).

Harry joined Carnegie Mellon from the White House鈥檚 Office of the National Cyber Director where he oversaw cyber and technology strategy for domestic and international policy. While there Harry co-directed the development and rollout of the Biden-Harris Administration鈥檚 National Cybersecurity Strategy, led the establishment of national modern energy security priorities, and represented the US government in consultations with foreign partners and the global private sector.

Prior to joining the White House, Harry oversaw strategy and US-China competition for the Department of Defense鈥檚 cyber policy office, including the first Trump Administration's DoD Cyber Strategy and inaugural Cyber Posture Review. He developed initial military guidance for new offensive authorities to deter and disrupt adversary cyber campaigns, and negotiated numerous 鈥淗unt Forward鈥� joint operations with foreign militaries to root out malware on strategic systems. Upon leaving DoD in 2021Harry was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service.

Harry also served as Director of the Integration Cell at the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where he led research on emerging technology trends and their implications for US government policy. He oversaw the Commission鈥檚 strategy and policy development on norms and values in technology design, artificial intelligence, election cybersecurity, and China鈥檚 influence over strategic technologies. Before joining government, Harry was a fellow at the Center for a New American Security where he researched US-China economic and technology competition, broader Indo-Pacific security strategy, and the interaction of foreign policy with economic trends in the United States.

Harry, hailing from rural Iowa, holds a master鈥檚 degree in International Relations from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a B.A. in Political Science and East Asian Studies from Grinnell College. A Chinese speaker, Harry also studied at Nanjing University in China and completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Taiwan.

Media Experience

CMU Experts at the Intersection of Energy and Innovation 听鈥�聽CMU News
好色先生TV experts are developing practical solutions for a fast-changing energy system. "The AI-driven energy expansion is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to replace vulnerable, outdated infrastructure with inherently more secure, digitally-native systems, says Harry Krejsa, Director of Studies, Washington Office Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology, "Technologies like advanced nuclear reactors, utility-scale batteries and inverter-based resources weren鈥檛 retrofitted for the digital age 鈥� they were built for it. That means they can deliver the abundant power AI requires while offering the adaptability and resilience our national security demands."

听鈥�听痴辞濒迟蝉
In this episode, I speak with Harry Krejsa of Carnegie Mellon about why cybersecurity experts and clean energy advocates need to work together. Drawing from his White House experience, Krejsa explains how a modernized clean energy grid could actually help defend against China's cyberthreats 鈥� for the benefit of both peaceniks and natsec hawks.

听鈥�聽Center on Global Energy Policy
This week, host Jason Bordoff speaks with Harry Krejsa about the cybersecurity risks at the intersection of operational technology and information technology in the clean energy transition, the destructive capabilities of China and Russia on American critical infrastructure, and what we should be doing about it.

听鈥�聽The Verge
鈥淲e have a once in a generation opportunity to refresh our infrastructure 鈥� to get a bit of a mulligan on some parts of our infrastructure that were never designed for the level of digital / physical convergence that our world is hurtling towards,鈥� Harry Krejsa, assistant national cyber director, says.