Bio
Andrea is a Senior Vice President at IQT, a global investment platform that fosters emerging technologies with applications to national security. She works with partners across the US Intelligence Community to understand critical technology gaps and source innovative solutions from venture-backed start-up companies.
With a background in advanced analytics, data visualization, and human-centered design, Andrea has spent most of her career helping domain experts understand what to do with the uncertain output of complex models. Currently, she leads IQT’s work on AI Assurance, managing a Red Team that explores the limitations of open source AI/ML tools, and directing a “Serious Play” team that designs collaborative games about the risks of deploying AI.
Originally trained as an architect, Andrea is interested in how design can help us think critically and creatively about emerging technologies. She received an M.Arch in Architecture from MIT and bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Studio Art from Grinnell College. Her design work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Rotterdam Biennale, the Sao Paolo Biennale, the Canadian Center for Architecture, and published internationally. She writes about high stakes design on medium.