Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator

Dmitri Alperovitch is an internationally recognized thought leader on geopolitics and national security currently serving as the co-founder and executive chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, an innovative non-profit think tank focused on advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond.

He is the host and creator of Silverado's popular "Geopolitics Decanted" podcast, dedicated to expert analysis of the war in Ukraine as well as broader issues related to great power competition with China and Russia, security in the Indo-Pacific, industrial policy, semiconductors and cybersecurity.

Alperovitch is the author of an upcoming new book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century that is coming out in April 2024.

In December 2021, Alperovitch publicly predicted that Vladimir Putin would launch an invasion of Ukraine later that winter, one of the first geopolitical analysts to have warned of the upcoming war.

In 2022, he was appointed to both the prestigious Homeland Security Advisory Council of the Department of Homeland Security and as a founding board member of the new Cyber Safety Review Board of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He has previously served as a special advisor to the Department of Defense.

In 2021, Alperovitch launched the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, a premier academic institution producing paradigm shifting, impactful research and instruction at the intersection of cybersecurity, technology, intelligence, and international affairs.

Before founding Silverado, Alperovitch co-founded and served as the chief technology officer of CrowdStrike, Inc., one of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies. Before CrowdStrike, he was a vice president of threat research at McAfee, where he led the company’s global internet threat intelligence analysis and investigations.

Alperovitch is a frequent speaker at geopolitical, military, intelligence, law enforcement, academic and industry conferences discussing the most difficult geopolitical and technical issues of the time. Alperovitch has published and given numerous lectures on contemporary issues such as Russian military aggression, Chinese-sponsored espionage, and the impact of emerging technologies on future battlefields.

Alperovitch is a frequent subject matter expert interviewed by leading national and international print and TV outlets, and his writings have been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs magazines.

Alperovitch advises CEOs and boards of directors of public and private companies, serves as an active angel investor and sits on the boards of multiple high-growth technology companies.

Alperovitch holds a master’s degree in information security and a bachelor's degree in computer science, both from Georgia Institute of Technology.