Nils Gilman is associate chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley, and functions as a strategic advisor to the Chancellor and responsible for the effective administrative organization and daily functioning of the Office of the Chancellor. He works closely with the Chancellor and his senior leadership team, across a range of day-to-day and long-range responsibilities. Prior to joining the Chancellor’s staff in 2014, he was the founding Executive Director of Social Science Matrix, Berkeley’s new flagship institute for social scientific research. He spent the previous 13 years as an executive at various software and consulting firms, including Salesforce.com and the Monitor Group.