Daniel Dobrygowski

Daniel Dobrygowski is a public advocate for good technology governance, an attorney, and (sometimes) professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). He is a leading voice in technology governance, digital trust, cyber risk, and digital democracy. Daniel’s work on better technology decisionmaking was featured in Harvard Business Review and Wired. Daniel is the author of the book Technology Governance: Build Trust into Digital Innovation (Kogan Page), coming May 2026.

He leads the cybersecurity legal function at Sophos. Formerly Head of Governance and Trust at the World Economic Forum, Daniel established the Forum’s work on technology governance. Daniel was a founder of the Centre for Cybersecurity and a senior leader at WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Centre for AI Excellence. Daniel practiced law at WilmerHale in Washington, DC and Jones Day in San Francisco where he counseled technology sector clients on antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy matters. He has also worked extensively in the US on civil rights issues and election law.

Daniel served as an OECD Expert Advisor, on the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Oversight of Technology, on ISACA’s Digital Trust Advisory Council, and on the Cyber Risk Institute (CRI) board. Daniel has been recognized by the NACD as one of the most influential leaders in corporate governance.

Before practicing law, Daniel was a high school teacher in Paterson, New Jersey with TFA. He has degrees from Harvard’s Kennedy School, UC Berkeley School of Law, and Johns Hopkins University.