Vinh Nguyen

Senior Fellow for AI at Council of Foreign Relations; Former NSA Chief Responsible AI Officer

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Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Ethics & Integrity, Futurism, Geopolitics, Security & Defense, Technology, World Affairs
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Vinh Nguyen Biography

Vinh X. Nguyen is senior fellow for artificial intelligence (AI) at the Council on Foreign Relations. His mission is to partner with leaders to develop trustworthy, scalable AI infrastructure that strengthens U.S. security and prosperity. He brings decades of experience from the highest levels of U.S. intelligence and national security.

Recruited at age seventeen into the elite Stokes Program at the National Security Agency (NSA), Nguyen became the youngest employee in agency history promoted to the senior executive ranks. He served as the NSA’s first chief responsible AI officer and chief data scientist for operations, leading AI adoption across intelligence and cybersecurity missions. He also served on the National Intelligence Council as the intelligence community’s most senior cyber analyst, advising the director of national intelligence on cyber threats and geopolitical implications.

Over decades of service under four presidents, Nguyen built the NSA’s mission to counter China’s cyber threats, oversaw election security analysis, and shaped cyber, counterterrorism, and warfighting campaigns. He received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the intelligence community’s highest honor, and Distinguished and Meritorious Presidential Rank Awards. Drawing on this experience, he founded Aligned Intelligence Advisory to help executives and boards integrate trust into enterprise AI infrastructure, aligning innovation with measurable outcomes and long-term competitiveness.

He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and George Washington University’s Elliott School, with executive programs at Harvard Kennedy School and University of Michigan’s Ross School.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/14/2026.

Vinh Nguyen Speaking Topics

  • Cracking the Code: Overcoming Barriers to AI Adoption

    It’s often harder to trust technology than to adopt it. In Vinh Nguyen’s experience, most organizations aren’t slowed by technology. Instead, they’re constrained by trust. Vinh Nguyen reveals how boards and C-suites can remove the structural, cultural, and governance barriers that keep AI pilots from scaling, helping them build systems that inspire confidence. Nguyen empowers organizations to turn responsible adoption into a lasting competitive advantage—well before others catch up.

  • Securing Intelligence: Trust as the New Strategic Advantage

    In the age of generative and agentic AI, trust—not speed—will decide which nations and companies lead. Vinh Nguyen shows boards and executives how to embed security, assurance, and accountability into frontier AI systems to strengthen resilience, protect reputation, and sustain competitive advantage.

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Vinh Nguyen Videos

Vinh Nguyen - Council on Foreign Relations

Vinh Nguyen - Council on Foreign Relations

The Rules of AI: Governing Technology in a Geopolitical Age

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Vinh Nguyen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Cracking the Code: Overcoming Barriers to AI Adoption, Securing Intelligence: Trust as the New Strategic Advantage, America’s Edge: Accelerating Trusted AI Adoption and Assured Intelligence: Governing AI at Scale. The estimated speaking fee range to book Vinh Nguyen for your event is available upon request. Vinh Nguyen generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Tyler Cohen Wood, April Falcon Doss, Melody Hildebrandt, Luciano Floridi and Theresa Payton. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Vinh Nguyen for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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