Vikrum Aiyer

Vikrum Aiyer was a senior appointee in the Obama Administration, serving as Senior Advisor in The White House for innovation & manufacturing policy, and as the Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property in the Obama Commerce Department.

After leaving the Obama Administration, Aiyer built and led the public policy & strategic communications practice for the SoMa born tech startup, Postmates, where he global government affairs and advocacy efforts on state, federal, and international matters ranging from privacy & tax, to the future of work & the gig-economy. Aiyer also helped steer the company's executive communications, crisis communications, and corporate social responsibility strategies.

He has also served on the communications team of Senator Ed Markey (D-MA); Mayor Adrian Fenty (D-Washington, D.C.); and the Democratic National Conventions in 2012 and 2016. In 2015, Forbes Magazine named Aiyer to the 30 Under 30 list for Law & Policy. In 2017, Aiyer was named a Public Policy Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. And in 2021, the San Francisco Business Times named him to their annual 40 under 40 in business list. 

Mr. Aiyer currently lives in San Francisco, California where he serves on the boards for the new leaders council of the San Francisco Symphony; the Inforum board of the Commonwealth Club; the Center on Health & Democracy; and is a Term Member for the Council on Foreign Relations.