Estevez Officially Begins Role As BIS Undersecretary
Alan Estevez started this week as undersecretary of the Bureau of Industry and Security (see 2204010006), the agency said in an April 19 emailed news release. Estevez “brings an exceptional record of federal leadership and experience navigating some of the most complex national security challenges of the past three decades,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement. She said Estevez will bring “invaluable assets” as the agency continues to penalize Russia and focuses on “winning the long-term strategic competition with China” and “ensuring the advancement of U.S. technological leadership.”
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Estevez said he is looking forward to leading the “expert staff” at BIS. “I have operated at the nexus of national security and technology for a long time,” he said, “and I understand the complex challenges we face from foreign adversaries.”