Tonight's Featured Guest for our Weekly Virtual Happy Hour, 2/26/2024, 6pm ET
Michael Clauser, Founder of Ark
Join us tonight, February 26th, 2024, 6-7pm EST, for a special discussion with Michael Clauser, Founder of Ark
The dial in information will be sent out to all registrants just prior to the event. These are always free to attend.
A little bit about Michael Clauser…
Until recently, Mike was Okta’s inaugural Head of US & Canadian Federal Government Affairs establishing and leading Okta’s relationships with critical government stakeholders on topics ranging across cybersecurity, data privacy, public sector procurement, and AI. He was also elected Executive Chair of the Veterans Community @Okta employee resource group. Before Okta, Mike led government affairs and global public policy at Access Partnership, Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI), and Fujitsu Limited (NIKKEI:FJTSY) and held non-profit board seats on the Enterprise Cloud Coalition, Information Technology Industry Council, and the U.S. Information Technology Office. Earlier in this career, Mike served as a national security aide to a U.S. congressman and was twice a presidential appointee in the Pentagon. A veteran of Operation Inherent Resolve, he spent a decade as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy's Information Warfare Corps where he led sailors and civilians, including as an US Africa Command division officer, strike warfare department head, and underway as a deployed carrier air wing Targeteer. Mike holds a dual-bachelor’s from Penn State and master’s from the US Naval War College, Poznan University of Economics in Poland, and the University of Exeter in England, in addition to several international data protection certifications. Mike is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned the Eagle Scout rank in his youth and volunteers locally.
About Ark
Ark is a new, full-service Washington, DC-based government affairs and public policy strategy firm founded to provide high-growth technology companies fully outsourced US & global government affairs, with the feel, comfort, expertise, and intimacy of an in-house function at a compelling price point. Ark’s service offerings span legislative strategy, intelligence gathering, regulatory advocacy, White House and agency outreach, sales enablement, public affairs and crisis communications, ally development, stakeholder mapping and engagement, and executive search. Ark possesses the in-house expertise to execute across US federal, state and local, EMEA, and APAC verticals. Ark specializes in foundational, critical, and emerging dual-use technology including SaaS, cybersecurity, identity, AI, VR, semiconductors, robotics, space, maritime, telecommunications, and advanced manufacturing with US national and international ramifications. Just as the Ark was built before the flood, our name reflects our company's conviction that organizations should be building a government affairs operation before their tide turns.