Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as the vice president for Government Relations & Marketing for Sutherland Global Services. Chuck also serves as chairman of CompTIA’s New and Emerging Technology Committee, and he serves as subject matter expert to the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC), a Department of Defense (DOD) sponsored organization through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). Chuck also served as a technology partner advisor to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In government, he served at the Department of Homeland Security as the first director of Legislative Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate. Chuck also spent six years on Capitol Hill as a senior advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specter where he covered foreign affairs, business, and technology issues.

Chuck is widely published on the subjects of emerging technologies, cybersecurity, homeland security, innovation, public/private partnerships, and digital engagement. He can reached via email at: Charles.brooks@sutherlandglobal.com