Zachary Tumin

Zachary Tumin is Deputy Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives at the New York City Police Department. A fellow of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, he previously served as the Special Project Assistant to the Director and faculty chair of Harvard Kennedy School's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program. In addition to leading research programs and executive teaching, Tumin served in senior executive roles for industry and government, including as Head of Public Safety for the New York City Public Schools, on the executive staffs of the Brooklyn District Attorney and the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, and as Director of the Financial Services Technology Consortium. A frequent lecturer, Tumin is also author of numerous teaching cases, working papers, reports, and essays.