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Advancing AI for impact.

Public service
at heart.

Curiosity driven.

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I spent the last few years in government—first as a Senior Advisor at USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance then as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Before that, I was at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where I focused on migration, conflict, climate change, and how technology is reshaping these global challenges. I still hold an affiliation with CSIS's

Futures Lab

which embraces data science, AI/ML, and alternative analysis to revolutionize policy-driven research.

I've worked in conflict zones across Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, spent time on multiple presidential campaigns, and taught graduate students about global fragility at Syracuse's Maxwell School.

I am also proud to serve on the board of the
Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women.
I'm the Chief Operating Officer at FilterLabs.AI, an early stage venture-backed tech firm. Our agentic tools verify and geotag custom-curated sources (even without publisher metadata), routing only credible and context‑rich signals into customer workflows. Human judgment is always at the center. 

© 2025 by Erol Yayboke

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