Dylan Gilbert is the Privacy Engineering Program Lead in the Information Technology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, he advances the development of privacy risk management processes and integrating solutions for protecting individuals’ privacy into current and emerging information technologies.
Prior to joining NIST, he was Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge where he led and developed all aspects of the organization’s privacy advocacy. This included engagement with civil society coalitions, federal and state lawmakers, and a broad cross-section of external stakeholders on issues ranging from consumer IoT security to the development of comprehensive federal privacy legislation. He spent the early part of his career as a working musician and freelance writer in his native southern California.
2021 Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award