Nick Sinai
Director/Board Member at HawkEye 360, Inc.
Profile
Nick Sinai is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners.
Nick works with portfolio companies entering and growing in the public sector, runs Insight’s Government Advisory Board, and helps invest in national security and dual-use companies.
Nick is a board member at Rebellion Defense, HawkEye360, LeoLabs, and Shift5.
Nick joined Insight in 2014 from the White House, where he was U.S.
Deputy Chief Technology Officer.
Nick led President Obama’s Open Data Initiatives, co-led the Open Government Initiative, and helped start the Presidential Innovation Fellow program.
Prior, Nick played a key role in crafting the National Broadband Plan at the FCC.
Nick is also Adjunct Faculty at Harvard Kennedy School and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center.
Nick teaches a class about policy implementation; prior, for five years, he taught a field course: Tech and Innovation in Government.
Nick also serves as a board member of nonprofit Coding It Forward.
Nick writes and teaches about technology in government, and serves as a commissioner on the Atlantic Council's Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption.
He’s been quoted in the Economist and the WSJ, and testified in front of Congress.
Nick helped found the U.S.
Digital Corps, a new two-year federal fellowship for early-career technologists, launched in the summer of 2021.
Nick is the co-author, with Marina Nitze, of Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role On Any Team, published in 2022.
Nick Sinai active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Insight Venture Management LLC
 Insight Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 2014-11-30 |
BrightBytes, Inc.
 BrightBytes, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BrightBytes, Inc. engages in development of software as a service-based data analytics platform for education. It delivers tools and services that measure the impact of technology use on learning. It offers DataSense, a data integration service and Clarity, a data analytics setrvice. The company was founded in 2012 by Robert Stephen Mancabelli and Hisham Anwar and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
HawkEye 360, Inc.
 HawkEye 360, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications HawKeye 360, Inc. provides radio frequency data analytics services. It products include maritime domain awareness and spectrum mapping and monitoring. Its costumers include a wide range of commercial, government and international entities. The company was founded by Charles T. Clancy, Robert G. McGwier and Chris DeMay in 2015 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Rebellion Defense, Inc.
 Rebellion Defense, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Rebellion Defense, Inc. provides artificial intelligence and machine learning based defence software products. The company was founded by Chris Lynch, Nicole Camarillo and Oliver Lewis in 2019 and is headquartered in Washington, WA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Nick Sinai
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| The White House | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2014-11-29 |
Tenaya Capital Inc
 Tenaya Capital Inc Investment ManagersFinance Tenaya Capital Inc (Tenaya Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Brian Melton, Stewart Gollmer, Ben Boyer and Brian Paul. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2009-02-22 |
Polaris Growth Management LLC
 Polaris Growth Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Polaris Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Stephen D. Arnold, Jonathan A. Flint and Terrance G. McGuire. Polaris Partners is headquartered in Waltham. | Private Equity Analyst | 2007-12-30 |
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
 Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Investment ManagersFinance Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (Massachusetts Clean Energy Center) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Federal Communications Group, Inc.
 Federal Communications Group, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Part of Tontine Associates LLC, Federal Communications Group, Inc. provides communications contracting services. The company is based in Tempe, AZ. Federal Communications Group was acquired by IES Holdings, Inc. on June 18, 1999. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Nick Sinai
| Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
| The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 10 |
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BrightBytes, Inc.
BrightBytes, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services BrightBytes, Inc. engages in development of software as a service-based data analytics platform for education. It delivers tools and services that measure the impact of technology use on learning. It offers DataSense, a data integration service and Clarity, a data analytics setrvice. The company was founded in 2012 by Robert Stephen Mancabelli and Hisham Anwar and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Polaris Growth Management LLC
Polaris Growth Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Polaris Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Stephen D. Arnold, Jonathan A. Flint and Terrance G. McGuire. Polaris Partners is headquartered in Waltham. | Finance |
Insight Venture Management LLC
Insight Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Federal Communications Group, Inc.
Federal Communications Group, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Part of Tontine Associates LLC, Federal Communications Group, Inc. provides communications contracting services. The company is based in Tempe, AZ. Federal Communications Group was acquired by IES Holdings, Inc. on June 18, 1999. | Industrial Services |
Cambridge Strategic Management Group, Inc.
 Cambridge Strategic Management Group, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Cartesian, Inc., Cambridge Strategic Management Group, Inc. provides management consulting services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Cambridge Strategic Management Group was acquired by Cartesian, Inc. on March 06, 2002 for $46.08 million. | Commercial Services |
Tenaya Capital Inc
Tenaya Capital Inc Investment ManagersFinance Tenaya Capital Inc (Tenaya Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Brian Melton, Stewart Gollmer, Ben Boyer and Brian Paul. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Investment ManagersFinance Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (Massachusetts Clean Energy Center) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
| The White House | Government |
HawkEye 360, Inc.
HawkEye 360, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications HawKeye 360, Inc. provides radio frequency data analytics services. It products include maritime domain awareness and spectrum mapping and monitoring. Its costumers include a wide range of commercial, government and international entities. The company was founded by Charles T. Clancy, Robert G. McGwier and Chris DeMay in 2015 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA. | Communications |
Rebellion Defense, Inc.
Rebellion Defense, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Rebellion Defense, Inc. provides artificial intelligence and machine learning based defence software products. The company was founded by Chris Lynch, Nicole Camarillo and Oliver Lewis in 2019 and is headquartered in Washington, WA. | Technology Services |
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