Manager, Policy

Heidi Obermeyer is Manager, Policy for BSA | The Software Alliance. She works with members in BSA’s DC office to develop policy positions on a range of issues including AI, open data, 5G, and law enforcement access to data. Prior to joining BSA, Obermeyer was Manager for Policy and Communications at CTIA- The Wireless Association. Obermeyer also served as a German Chancellor Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP e.V.) and at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS working on transatlantic issues, including digital topics. Obermeyer holds a MA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She speaks German and some French, Spanish, and Russian.

Posts by Heidi Obermeyer

With the market for artificial intelligence (AI) projected to reach 190 billion dollars by 2025, AI is quickly becoming a cornerstone technology of the global economy. Read More >>

As the past few months have demonstrated, ensuring that the public has access to trustworthy and dependable open government data can be a matter of life and death. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and policymakers have used open data to learn more about the virus and plan effective responses to it, examining everything from mobile … Read More >>