Bio
Varun Gadh is a technologist and fellow with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Previously, Varun was a technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he served as the lead technology or technology policy expert in 25+ investigations totaling billions in consumer harm. He also drafted regulations involving behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and contract terms and conditions. Before that, Varun designed and built technology at a range of organizations including Capital One, McMaster-Carr, and Honda Research. Through this work, he has been awarded nine patents whose topics include ocean cleanup technology, autonomous driving systems, machine learning, e-commerce, and search engine design.
Varun is also a Technology Fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) and a co-founder of the CITP Technology Fellows Program. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.