Eric Mill

Technology and policy leader working to defend democracy, strengthen the internet, and modernize the U.S. government.

Executive Office of the President— March 2021 - Present

I serve in the White House in the Biden administration as the Senior Advisor on Technology and Cybersecurity to the Federal Chief Information Officer, Clare Martorana.

The Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer sets policy for how federal agencies use technology and manage their cybersecurity, as part of the Office of Management and Budget.

  • Lead author of the Federal Zero Trust Strategy, a White House policy that implements President Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order through forward-leaning technical mandates and strategic goals that apply modern information security principles to the federal environment.
  • In partnership with the Office of the National Cyber Director, leading an initiative to strengthen open source software security, by coordinating action among federal agencies and listening to the open source community.

Google, Chrome Browser— March 2020 - March 2021

As the Lead Product Manager for Chrome Security, I was responsible for the security strategy of the Chrome web browser.

I led the creation of new features in Chrome, partnered with other browsers to make the web a safer place, and represented Chrome in making security-critical decisions inside and outside of Google.

U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration— Feb 2019 - Dec 2019

Served as the Senior Technology Advisor to ranking member Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the Democratic staff of the Senate Rules Committee, through the TechCongress program. The Senate Rules committee is the committee of jurisdiction over federal elections and campaigns, as well as oversight of the Senate and the legislative branch.

As a senior policy aide, I handled the committee's technology portfolio, with a particular focus on election security.

  • Conducted oversight of voting companies and federal agencies involved in administering and securing federal elections.
  • Pressed federal agencies and technology companies to better support state and local election officials in defending against misinformation campaigns and spearphishing.

U.S. General Services Administration— May 2014 - December 2018

Served as Senior Advisor for GSA's Technology Transformation Services (Aug 2016 - Aug 2018), as Deputy Director for Login.gov (Aug 2018 - Dec 2018), and as a Software Engineer for 18F (May 2014 - Aug 2016).

In my time with GSA and 18F, I oversaw some of its key programs, led its government-wide technology and policy initiatives, and shaped its overall strategy and cybersecurity posture.

Sunlight Foundation— February 2009 - May 2014

The Sunlight Foundation is a non-partisan non-profit dedicated to increasing government transparency through technology. I was a core software engineer on Sunlight's technology team, and a program officer on its international team.

  • Created the "Congress" app for Android, which provides live updates on the people and work of Congress. The app has been used by tens of thousands of professionals and citizens, as well as staff and members of Congress.
  • Created the Sunlight Congress API, a free service that provided live data feeds of Congress' work to thousands of users and applications.
  • Created Scout, a free search engine and alert notification system for government activity from all branches of government, that served thousands of users.

Prior Roles and Education

  • Self-employed — Nov 2008 - Feb 2009 — Freelance consultant performing software development.
  • Blue State Digital — Aug 2008 - Nov 2008 — Software Engineer supporting the Obama 2008 presidential campaign.
  • thoughtbot, inc. — Aug 2006 - Aug 2008 — Software Engineer at a Ruby-based technology consultancy.
  • Tenebril, inc. — Aug 2005 - Aug 2006 — Junior Researcher at a (now defunct) anti-spyware company.
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute — graduated May 2005 — Bachelor's in Computer Science.

Other Work