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Jordan Sun

Pritzker Fellow at University of Chicago

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Pritzker Fellow

    2024 - Current

    Each quarter, the Pritzker Fellows Program welcomes a cohort of domestic and international practitioners – elected officials, journalists, activists, policymakers, diplomats – to campus for deep dives into the most pressing issues of the day.

  • Vice President | Head of Product

    2022

    World’s leading collaborative robotics company transforming the final frontier of non-tech-enabled industries

  • Major | Head of Tech Scouting & Innovation in Silicon Valley

    2007 - 2023

    Maneuver and Signal-trained officer with infantry, tech, and foreign affairs leadership and overseas service across Afghanistan (Farah - near Iran - 2012, Kabul 2020), Germany (Ukraine support) and Japan (Central Readiness Force/GSDF).

  • Chief Innovation Officer | Director of Mayor's Office of Technology & Innovation

    2020 - 2022

    Crisis response, bridging the digital divide, data and privacy, and piloting tech corporate partnerships (I.e. lidar for pedestrian safety, IoT, air mobility, gen AI) as solutions for pressing urban challenges Served with some of the most amazing team members across City Hall, first responders, and nonprofit leaders during the pandemic

  • Chief Operating Officer & Product | Tech Team

    2020 - 2020

    Deployed forward for counter-terrorism to build software for early warning and accelerating combat decisions

  • Spinout CEO | Director of Venture Development

    2019 - 2020

    Solving for workforce optimization in healthcare. Mobilized as a reservist by the Army to deploy again to Afghanistan.

  • VC Investments Consultant & Summer MBA Associate

    2018 - 2019

    Autonomous sensing, space, additive manufacturing, next-gen wireless comms

  • Veterans Integration Program | Investment Management Division

    2015 - 2015

    Career transition program from public to private; got to meet Lloyd

  • Political Officer | Foreign Service (US Diplomat) & Other Roles

    2010 - 2015

  • Analyst | FX Sales & Trading

    2009 - 2010

    Helping to rebuild the capital markets post-financial crisis

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