BSA Staff
BSA LEADERSHIP TEAM
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Victoria A. Espinel
CEO
As CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance, Victoria has grown the organization’s worldwide presence in over 30 countries, distinguishing BSA as the leader for enterprise software companies on issues including artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, and digital trade. Read more
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Craig Albright
Senior Vice President, US Government Relations
Craig Albright serves as BSA’s Senior Vice President for US Government Relations. In this role, he leads BSA’s team that drives engagement with Congress, the Administration, and all US states. He’s responsible for developing and implementing advocacy strategy to deliver results on issues across BSA’s policy agenda. Read more
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Adam J. Coates
General Counsel and Senior Vice President
Adam Coates leads BSA’s domestic and international compliance solutions programs, including end-user copyright enforcement, educational programs to promote software license compliance and respect for intellectual property, and BSA’s efforts to prevent the spread of unlicensed and malware-infected software on the Internet. Read more
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Aaron Cooper
Senior Vice President, Global Policy
Aaron Cooper serves as Senior Vice President, Global Policy. In this role, Cooper leads BSA’s global policy team and contributes to the advancement of BSA members’ policy priorities around the world that affect the development of emerging technologies, including data privacy, cybersecurity, AI regulation, data flows and digital trade. Read more
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Joe DeSalvio
Chief Financial Officer
Joe DeSalvio is BSA’s Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he leads our finance team in planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of BSA, including BSA Software Services, Inc. (SSI) and Software.org: the BSA Foundation. In addition, DeSalvio oversees the human resources and IT teams. Read more
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Gideon Lett
Chief Growth Officer
Gideon Lett serves as BSA’s Chief Growth Officer. In this role, Lett drives global organization growth, member success, and executive engagement among the world’s most innovative software companies. Read more
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Michael O’Brien
Vice President, Global Public Affairs
Michael O’Brien is Vice President of Global Public Affairs for BSA | The Software Alliance, where he is responsible for worldwide policy and advocacy communications for the global software industry. Read more
GLOBAL POLICY TEAM
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Senior Vice President, Global Policy
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Director General, Policy — EMEA
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Managing Director
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Director, Policy — EMEA
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Country Manager — India
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Director, Policy
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Director, Policy — Japan
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Senior Director, Policy — APAC
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Senior Manager, Policy — APAC
Director, Policy — EMEA
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Senior Director, Policy
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Director, Policy and Executive Director, Global Data Alliance
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Senior Manager, Policy — APAC
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Senior Director, Policy
GLOBAL COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS TEAM
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General Counsel and Senior Vice President
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Senior Director — APAC
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Director, License Compliance Services
LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY
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Senior Vice President, US Government Relations
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Senior Director, Legislative Strategy
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Senior Director, Legislative Strategy
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Senior Director, IT Modernization and Procurement
Manager, State Advocacy
GROWTH & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
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Chief Growth Officer
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Manager, Strategic Initiatives
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