Charles (Chuck) Brooks is the Vice President for Government Relations & Marketing for Sutherland Global Services. He advises the Bill and Melinda Gates Technology Partner network and chairs CompTIA’s New and Emerging Technology Committee. Brooks previously served as the first Director of Legislative Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security and spent six years as a Senior Advisor to Senator Arlen Specter on foreign affairs, business, and technology issues. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University and has written extensively on innovation, public-private partnerships, emerging technologies, and homeland and cybersecurity.

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Charles (Chuck) Brooks, VP Government Relations &
Marketing, Sutherland Global Services
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Charles (Chuck) Brooks, VP Government Relations & Marketing, Sutherland Global Services

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Meet Chuck Brooks
Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as the Vice President for Government Relations &
Marketing for Sutherland Global Services. Chuck is also an Advisor to the Bill and
Melinda Gates Technology Partner network, as Chairman of CompTIA’s New and
Emerging Technology Committee, as a Fellow oat The National Cybersecurity
Institute, and serves on Boards to several prominent public and private companies
and organizations. 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, 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.
Chuck's Posts
The Internet Of Things And Government

3. The potential of the IoT for both the public and private sector is undeniable; however companies
and agencies need to develop plans and prepare their workers for its implications in order to
harness the value of the technology.
Expert Chuck Brooks explores the world where your alarm clock notifies your coffee maker to
start brewing when you wake up; or your car is communicating with other cars on the road.
Apr 11, 2016