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- Current Chief International Advisor to former President Barack Obama
- President Obama’s National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speech Writing (2009-2017)
- Navy SEAL combat veteran
- Successful entrepreneur and expert in leadership and organizational management
- Undergraduate degrees in Finance & Economics, MBA, degrees in English & History from Oxford University
- TV personality
- Philanthropist
- Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS
- An expert in foreign defense policy and international defense
- Former Senior China Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Founder & President of Smadja & Smadja Strategic Advisory Inc. (2001 – present)
- Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (1995 – 2001)
- Founding partner of the Rhodium Group (RHG)
- Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University
- Former Senior Adviser for International Economic Policy at the White House National Economic Council and National Security Council
- Former Global editor-in-chief of Reuters and Chairman, China of Thomson Reuters
- An expert in political risk analysis, offshoring, localization, labor relations, and acquisitions as well as all aspects of traditional, online and social media
- Founder and Managing Director of Tripod Advisors, a consultancy specializing in global media issues, China political risk and market access, and startup strategies and blockchain
- Managing Director of Allison+Partners’ Global China Practice
- Specialist in complex communications challenges from foreign business in China
- Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolf Group Asia (WGA)
- Chancellor’s Professor of Africana Studies and the Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University
- Professor Rose sits on the Boards of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Color of Change and Black Girls Rock, Inc.
- An internationally respected scholar of post civil rights era black U.S. culture, popular music, social issues, gender and sexuality
- Author of the book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America which is considered foundational text for the study of hip hop, one that has defined what is now an entire field of study
- Global Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Expert
- Author of Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders
- Business consultant for billion dollar equity and hedge funds
- Futurist and Cyber Security Keynote Speaker
- Extensive research on Deep Learning for his upcoming volume The AI Breakthrough, How Artificial Intelligence is Advancing Deep Learning and Revolutionizing Your World, to be released in 2018.