Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Tech Partner Profile
1. CHARLES BROOKS
Sutherland Global Services - Vice President
Government Relations & Marketing
Bio
Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as the Vice President for Government Relations &
Marketing for Sutherland Global Services. Chuck leads Federal and State & Local
Government relations activities. He is also responsible for the Marketing portfolio
(Media, PR, Digital Outreach, Thought Leadership, Strategic Partnering, Branding) for
the Federal and State & Local markets. Chuck has extensive service in Senior
Executive Management, Marketing, Government Relations, and Business Development
and worked in those capacities for three large public corporations. In government, he
served at the Department of Homeland Security as the first Director of Legislative
Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate. He also spent six years on Capitol Hill
as a Senior Advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specter where he covered foreign affairs,
2. business, and technology issues. In academia, Chuck was an Adjunct Faculty Member
at Johns Hopkins University where he taught graduate level students about homeland
security and Congress. He has an MA in International relations from the University of
Chicago, and a BA in Political Science from DePauw University, and a Certificate in
International Law from The Hague. Chuck is widely published on the subjects of
innovation, public/private partnerships, emerging technologies, and issues of homeland
security and cybersecurity
Functional/Technology Expertise
IT Strategy Development, Interim Technology Leadership, Business/technology
Requirements, Opportunity Analysis, Trends Research, Consumer Technology,
Experience Strategy, Human Factors, Wearable Technology, Product/Service
Innovation, Media Systems and Networks, Internet Advertising, Digital Strategy, Content
Marketing, Office 365, Lync, Yammer, Web Content Management, Business Process
Analysis & Design, Risk Assessment, Technology Landscape Analysis, Network
Security, Social Media Landscape Analysis, Social Media Implementation,
Company/Leadership Assessments, Mobile Strategy, Management Consulting, Anti-
malware, Interoperability, Mobile Technology, Emerging Markets, Technology
Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Research &
Development, Social Media, Educational Technology, Digital Services, International
Development, Information Management, Big Data, Security Development, Trustworthy
Computing, Marketing Communications, Mobile Marketing, Predictive Analysis,
Strategy, Community Management, General Management, International Networks, Non-
Profit Management, Public Speaking, Technology Integration, Mentoring, Data Privacy,
Emerging Technologies, Internet of Things, Open Innovation, Sensor Technology,
Social Networking, Start-Ups, Strategic Partnerships, Partnership Landscape,
Partnership Strategy, Strategy Development, Cyber Security, Security Development
Lifecycle, Information Security, InfoSec, Social Media Analytics, IT Management, Online
Forums, Privacy Implementation, Privacy Strategy, Sales Strategy, Computer Security
Strategies, Document Management, Malware Protection Strategies, Technology
Management, Technology Strategy, Visionary, Business Development, Technology,
Competitive Landscape Analysis, Content Management, Public Innovation Fund
Strategies, New Venture Creation
Country Experience
United States of America
Industry
Applied Research, Business/Technology Requirements, Communications, Consulting,
Consumer Electronics, Defence, Early Stage Ventures/Start-ups, Ecommerce,
Education, Energy, Entertainment, Fundraising, Higher Education, Information
Technology, International Development, International development & humanitarian aid,
Internet Advertising, Internet Publishing, Internet Services, Local Government, Media,
3. Nanotechnology, Non-Government Organizations, Non-profit, Product Strategy,
Publishing, Search, Security, Small Business, Social Media, Start-ups, Venture Capital,
Retail, Public Sector, Private Equity, Transportation, Emerging Technologies, High
Tech, Social Networking, Leadership Education, Non-Profit Management, Internet,
Online Media, Philanthropy, Government, Technology, University Accelerators, Web
Strategy, Web Technologies, Biometric Data, Biometrics, Hardware Integration, High
Tech/Electronics Manufacture, Mobile Networks, Services, Wearables, Online
Communities, Computer Science, Disaster Relief, Law Enforcement, Strategy,
International Business Expansion, Business Development, Online and Digital Product &
Operations, Business/Economics, Policy