Nick Sinai is U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this role, Nick helps lead the President’s Open Data Initiatives to liberate data to fuel innovation and economic growth. Nick previously served at the FCC, where he led a team at the National Broadband Plan exploring how broadband and advanced communications can help the nation achieve its goals of energy independence and energy efficiency. Prior to the Obama Administration, Nick was a venture capitalist at Polaris Partners and Lehman Brothers Venture Partners (now Tenaya Capital). Nick also served in executive and advisory roles with two Boston area start-up technology companies, and served as a senior advisor to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. He earned an M.B.A from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and an A.B. from Harvard University.