Dr. John Beieler

Dr. John Beieler serves as the Assistant Director of National Intelligence (ADNI) for Science & Technology (S&T). He also serves concurrently as the Director, Science and Technology within ODNI, a role he was selected for in June 2019. In this position, Dr. Beieler serves as the chief representative of the Director of National Intelligence for science and technology, assists the Director in formulating a long-term strategy for scientific advances in the field of intelligence, and chairs the Director of National Intelligence Science & Technology Committee (NISTC).

Prior to this assignment, Dr. Beieler was a program manager at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) focusing on human language technology, machine learning, and vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence. While at IARPA, Dr. Beieler led the successful creation of two programs, BETTER and SAILS, and was crucial in the establishment of the field of AI Assurance and Security within the Intelligence Community. Before joining IAPRA, Dr. Beieler was research scientist at the Johns Hopkins Human Language Technology Center of Excellence (HLTCOE) and a data scientist at Caerus Associates. In both of these roles, his work focused on machine learning research and the development, deployment, and scaling of large machine learning systems.

John received his doctorate and master’s in political science from Pennsylvania State University, and a bachelor’s in political science from Louisiana State University.