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Joe Suh

Born and raised in Los Angeles, I build at the intersection of AI, policy, and impact. MIT MBA graduate with experience spanning AI innovation at Google DeepMind, strategy at McKinsey & Company, and investment work with Alumni Ventures.

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$100B+ Policy & AUM Advised
1M+ Lives Impacted
35+ Countries Visited
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What I'm shipping right now.

At the frontier of agentic AI, venture, and strategy — actively building across the private sector and MIT.

Active · 2026
Venture Fellow
Sourcing and vetting early-stage startups across AI, consumer, enterprise, and public sector. Leading technical and commercial diligence to build conviction for significant strategic capital deployments.
Early-stage AI
Diligence
VC
Track Record

What I've shipped.

Policy and Product. AI and Impact. Shipped things that scale. Built things that last.

San Francisco, CA
Tech & AI
AI Strategy & Operations
  • Architected 0-to-1 roadmap and B2C/B2B monetization strategy for a multimodal GenAI agent in a multi-billion dollar market.
  • Drove competitive LLM analysis to identify defensible product moat and high-value user intents.
Cambridge, MA
Tech & AI
AI Developer & Researcher
  • Built next-gen AI agents that autonomously plan and execute complex workflows using MCP, A2A, and Project Nanda.
  • Showcased prototypes at MIT Media Lab Demo Day to CxOs from DeepMind, Google AI, Cohere, Hugging Face, and Meta.
New York, NY
Advisory
Strategy & Corporate Finance
  • Advised nine-figure growth through product-market fit analysis and high-ROI capital allocation for a major turnaround engagement.
  • Built financial models informing strategic resource deployment across a complex enterprise.
Cupertino, CA
Tech & AI
AI/ML Product Strategy
  • Crafted product strategy and led cross-functional discovery for AI-driven personalization across a global enterprise platform, translating voice-of-customer research and competitive benchmarks into an approved roadmap with a projected 20%+ performance gain.
  • Delivered strategic roadmap to senior Apple stakeholders, shaping enterprise-wide AI initiatives championed by CXO leadership.
New York, NY
Tech & AI
AI Product Management
  • Led 0-to-1 commercialization and GTM strategy for agentic AI & NLP SaaS platform targeting Fortune 500 customers.
  • Drove end-to-end product strategy from market analysis through customer validation and launch readiness.
San Francisco, CA
Tech & AI
Management Consultant & Design Researcher
  • Led AI, brand, CX, and PE/VC strategy for Fortune 500 & Big Tech clients, driving triple-digit KPI gains and securing multimillion-dollar follow-on engagements.
  • Created org strategy inspiring 30,000+ engineers to build reliable software — saving millions in downtime and toil.
  • Coached C-suite leaders through human-centered design and agile adoption via workshops.
Washington, DC
Tech & AI
Civic Digital Fellow · Product Manager
  • Selected from top 6% of 1,700+ applicants; led agile product team of 8 to accelerate Federal emerging tech strategy and Government-wide partner engagement.
  • Shipped high-fidelity Federal accessibility-compliant prototypes in CSS, HTML, JS, Ruby, and SCSS.
Washington, DC
Government
Co-Chair, AI Group · Technology & Cybersecurity Advisor
  • Directed cross-functional leadership across 15 teams; launched AI workflows reducing manual reviews by 33%.
  • Authored strategic analyses for Congress on $100B in AI and national security, informing $3B+ in agency reforms.
  • Led Government-wide audits of AI, cybersecurity, civil rights, and major IT acquisitions.
Alexandria, VA
Government
AI Patent Examiner · Computer Science
  • Drafted legal and technical papers for AI patents spanning neural networks, fuzzy logic, and expert systems.
  • Applied advanced CS principles and patent law (35 USC 102/103/112); earned highest preliminary performance ratings.
Los Angeles, CA
Government
Senior Area Manager
  • Oversaw $13.7B Commerce initiative, leading 9 supervisors and 148 staff across 7 states; exceeding targets by 60%.
  • Scaled SBA's $3.7B SBIR/STTR programs by 130% (capital), 141% (engagements), 267% (contracts).
Washington, DC
Government
NEC Ambassador · OSTP Product Lead · OMB Policy Lead
  • Managed agile build of USASPENDING.GOV — the first official Federal spending open data source ($4T+ governed annually).
  • Launched & scaled 12+ Federal innovation labs; convened mayors and Fortune 500 CEOs to create 20% more jobs in 16 cities.
Washington, DC
Government
Presidential Management Fellow · Program Officer
  • Represented the Secretary in strategic oversight of the new $24B/year K-12 law (ESSA), shaping national policy with White House, Congress, and Governors across all 50 states.
  • Led team of 19 to develop policies, guidance, and regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act transition.
Palo Alto, CA
Advisory
Advisory Board Member · Cohort Lead
  • Led with Professors Reich, Sahami & Weinstein on AI, privacy, trust & safety, and tech governance for 700+ senior leaders.
  • Hosted Frances Haugen, PM Jacinda Ardern, Sam Altman, Ellen Pao, and other global leaders for live cohort discussions.
New York, NY
Policy & Impact
Product Manager · UNICEF USA Fellow
  • Owned global strategy & product execution for UNICEF Kid Power — a TIME "Best Invention" that saved 100,000+ lives.
  • Activated 1M+ kids in 48 cities; secured new Disney, Microsoft, Target, and TOMS multimillion-dollar partnerships.
Detroit, Chicago, LA
Policy & Impact
Corps Member · Advisor · Admissions Interviewer
  • Selected from top 9% of 48,000 applicants; led 249 students from bottom to top quartile in a single academic year.
  • Founded AP program for underserved students — boosting AP enrollment 50%, recognized by College Board.
Education

Four degrees.
One mission.

Engineering meets business meets policy meets philosophy.

MBA · Graduate Certificates in Technical Leadership · Product Management · Enterprise Management
May 2026 · Cambridge, MA
Yamauchi Fellow GradEL Fellow Sloan Fellow Addir Fellow MIT Sandbox Founder Media Lab AI Studio GSC At-Large Rep Sloan Senator CATE Institute Rep Grad Resident Advisor
Master of Computer Science · Artificial Intelligence
2025 · Philadelphia, PA
GAPSA Council Chair University Council Provost's Acad. & Budget Cmte Teaching Assistant
M.A. Policy & Leadership · Education
Ann Arbor, MI
CSG Chairman Rackham Rep University Council TFA Fellow
B.A. Philosophy, Politics & Law · International Relations
Los Angeles, CA
Horatio Alger Scholar Coca-Cola Scholar Christopher Scholar Pell Grantee
Technical

Stack & domains.

// AI & ML
Claude API Claude Code Anthropic SDK Gemini API OpenAI API Hugging Face Vertex AI LangChain LlamaIndex PyTorch CUDA RAG Fine-tuning Prompt Engineering Agentic AI AI Agents Tool Use / Function Calling Multimodal AI MCP A2A Protocol NLP Computer Vision
// Engineering
Python SQL Java C HTML/CSS/JS React Node.js REST APIs Ruby PostgreSQL Redis Docker Terraform CI/CD AWS GCP Vercel Linux / Bash Git / GitHub Jupyter Figma
// Policy & Law
AI Regulation Executive Orders Congressional Testimony Rulemaking / APA Patent Law IP Strategy Privacy Law Data Governance National Security Civil Rights Procurement / FAR Fed Budget OMB Circular A-11 FOIA Education Policy Int'l Affairs
Credentials

Recognition.

// Clearances & Certs
Top Secret Security Clearance
MIT Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership
MIT Graduate Certificate in Product Management
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
U.S. Patent Bar (in progress)
PADI Open Water Diver
Stanford Product Management Program
// Fellowships & Scholarships
Presidential Management Fellow
Yamauchi Fellow, MIT
GradEL Fellow, MIT
Addir Fellow, MIT
Horatio Alger Association Scholar
National Coca-Cola Scholar
Secretary Warren Christopher Scholar
VC University Scholar
Civic Digital Fellow
// Awards & Distinctions
City of Los Angeles Certificate of Commendation
UNICEF Innovation Core Value Award
GAO Certificate of Excellence
U.S. Department of Education Division Top Performer Award
MIT Sandbox-Funded Founder
Teach For America Corps Member
Beyond the Work
IRONMAN
IRONMAN TriathleteFull-distance finisher
World Marathon Majors
6 of 7 World Marathon Majors★ Berlin ★ Chicago ★ London ★ New York ★ Sydney ★ Tokyo + Orange County + Los Angeles + Sacramento
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35+ CountriesGlobal explorer
PADI
PADI DiverOpen Water certified
MIT Engineers
MIT Skier & SailorSki & Sailing teams
Let's build
something that matters.

Whether you're working on the next frontier of AI, shaping policy at scale, building a venture, or solving something that genuinely matters — I'd love to connect.

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