Cresanti is a seasoned Washington D.C. based c-suite executive with deep experience in technology, banking, standards, business, and intellectual property. Cresanti has gained a reputation for strong fiscal management, building successful teams, using technology to drive business results, and consistently delivering on important public policy initiatives. His prosecution of public policy agendas, use of legal strategy, coalition building skills and media engagement have merited multiple recognitions of excellence in key newspapers and magazines.
Cresanti has many years of distinguished public service experience and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology, the third ranking position at the Department of Commerce, and being later appointed as the most senior Chief Privacy Officer in the Federal Government. Cresanti has directly advised three U.S. Presidents on issues ranging from technology policy and security to economic recovery initiatives and competitiveness issues. He chaired multiple bilateral technology trade missions in the European Union, Asia, and Russia, and served as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In his earlier decade-long service on Capitol Hill, ranging from Legislative Counsel in the House to Committee Chief of Staff in the Senate, Cresanti handled banking and technology legislation before the Banking, Judiciary, Commerce, Homeland Security and Finance Committees.
In his private sector career, Cresanti led communications and Public Affairs for both a Global Fortune 50 company, SAP, AG, as well as two technology trade associations, the Business Software Alliance and ITAA. Cresanti was also the CEO of the IPXI, the Intellectual Property Exchange, and served as the Managing Director of a NYSE traded ETF.
Cresanti serves on private sector boards and has been published in books on a wide array of topics from compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley anti-fraud act to the valuation of intangible assets. He received a law degree from Baylor University School of Law and a BA from Austin College. He also holds a certificate of EC Law from the University of Glasgow Law School and completed masters course work at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Cresanti grew up in Germany and speaks both English and German fluently.
