Export controls, procurement rules, AI and chip regulations, trade deals, and policymaker perceptions can decide where you can sell, who can buy from you, and how you compete. Crux & Cairn gives technology companies and their leaders the knowledge and expertise to act with confidence: know what’s coming in Washington, state and foreign capitals, who decides, and how to engage.
Private sector
Oval Office
Briefing materials prepared and delivered for private-sector clients that went directly to the U.S. President and Cabinet officials.
Government
$11B
In CHIPS R&D semiconductor and AI-compute investments; defined and led international strategy and foreign partner review.
Public-private partnerships
$10M
Secured for multi-year engagements with state and local governments on smart city technology and infrastructure adoption.
Most engagements start with one of these situations.
Know what’s coming: what’s on the table, who decides, and when.
Propose adoptable policy and build coalition support for it.
Win government as a customer, partner, or validator.
Monthly retainer
Your standing read on Washington, with responsive advice and regular strategy and implementation sessions.
Fixed fee
Landscape assessments, exposure reviews, policy designs, campaign plans, and more.
Per engagement
Preparation for meetings, testimony, and briefings when the timeline is short.
Wrote briefing papers for private-sector leaders that went directly into Oval Office meetings and to the Treasury Secretary.
Advise senior private-sector leaders by phone, in real time, on AI policy, export controls, and how Washington is likely to move.
Built procurement and export-control strategy for an AI security company, mapping government pathways and stakeholders.
Organized meetings with government, industry, and think tank officials on emerging technology trends and challenges.
I help AI and technology companies and their leaders understand and engage government, from AI governance and trust to export controls and federal markets.
Before founding Crux & Cairn, I spent thirteen years at State, Commerce, and Interior, working closely with the White House and supporting interagency principals up to Presidents and the Secretaries of State and Commerce. I designed international technology policy, launched Presidential initiatives with millions in funding, helped build the coalition behind the UN General Assembly’s first AI resolution, and shaped and executed several Presidential-level summits.
I run every engagement myself. You work with me from the first call to the final deliverable.
Thirteen years at State, Commerce, and Interior, working regularly with the White House and interagency leaders on technology policy.
Tell me what’s coming up and what’s at stake for your company.