BSA Staff
BSA LEADERSHIP TEAM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Senior Vice President, Global Policy
Director General, Policy — EMEA
Managing Director
Director, Policy — EMEA
Country Manager — India
Director, Policy
Director, Policy — Japan
Director, Policy — EMEA
Senior Director, Policy — APAC
Senior Manager, Policy — APAC
Director, Policy — EMEA
Senior Director, Policy
Director, Policy and Executive Director, Global Data Alliance
Senior Manager, Policy — APAC
Senior Director, Policy
GLOBAL COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS TEAM
General Counsel and Senior Vice President
Associate General Counsel & Senior Director, Compliance Solutions
Senior Director — APAC
Director, License Compliance Services
LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY
Senior Vice President, US Government Relations
Senior Director, Legislative Strategy
Senior Director, State Advocacy
Senior Director, Legislative Strategy
Senior Director, IT Modernization and Procurement
Manager, State Advocacy
GROWTH & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Chief Growth Officer
Manager, Strategic Initiatives
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