Evangelos Razis is Senior Manager of Public Policy at Workday, where he leads U.S. artificial intelligence and data privacy policy. Since joining the company, Evangelos has grown Workday’s engagement on emerging AI laws and frameworks at the federal and state level, helping it become a leading proponent for workable safeguards on high-risk AI.

He regularly advises Workday’s responsible AI, privacy, and product legal teams on emerging legal and policy developments.

Before joining Workday, Evangelos led digital trade and global data policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business association. While at the Chamber, Evangelos spearheaded the U.S. business community’s engagement on the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield and advocated for open data governance frameworks in key U.S. export markets on six continents. He co-authored the Chamber’s AI policy principles, released in 2019. Previously, Evangelos worked as a trade and technology policy analyst at Fujitsu and as a fellow at the Information Technology Industry Council.

Evangelos holds a B.A. in Political Science from Fordham University, a M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He is pursuing a J.D. at George Mason University’s Scalia Law School.