Practitioner Profile: Alan Estevez

BIS " truly a national security agency"

As former Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Alan Estevez has had a front-row seat to many of the technological shifts of the past three decades — and their growing influence on society, governance, and national security.

The Export Practitioner spoke to the veteran of both the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Defense about the lengthy national security career he says he “stumbled” into, and some of the more recent shake-ups within the Bureau of Industry and Security. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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