Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Appoints Jeremy Bayer to Lead Corporate Engagement and Partnerships
09.30.25
Seasoned Corporate Affairs Leader to Create New Opportunities for Companies
to Align Business Strategy with Advancing Freedom Through Technology
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN & WASHINGTON, DC — The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue today announced the appointment of Jeremy Bayer as Vice President of Corporate Affairs. In this role, Bayer will expand the Institute’s corporate engagement and strategic partnerships, creating new opportunities for companies to align their business strategies with ensuring technology advances freedom.
Bayer brings more than two decades of experience forging high-impact relationships across industry, think tanks, trade associations, and policy circles. He has held senior roles at Boeing as Senior Director of Strategy and Advocacy, where he shaped policy and advocacy campaigns through external engagement, and at the Bipartisan Policy Center as Director of Corporate Partnerships, where he built relationships to advance bipartisan solutions. He is also the Founder of 202 Consulting where he has advised companies and organizations on advocacy and strategic partnerships.
“As technology and policy become ever more intertwined, companies are essential partners in shaping the future,” said Bayer. “I’m honored to join the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, which uniquely combines the urgency of a start-up with the reach of the State Department and the engineering leadership of Purdue University to ensure that technology advances freedom. The Institute is building a global platform where companies can lead, collaborate, and seize new opportunities to advance trusted technology in partnership with the United States and our allies. I look forward to expanding our network of corporate partners to drive meaningful impact worldwide.”
Michelle Giuda, Chief Executive Officer of the Krach Institute, emphasized the significance of the appointment: “Jeremy’s experience at the intersection of industry and policy makes him the ideal leader to strengthen our corporate engagement strategy. The Krach Institute is creating a unique platform that brings together governments, companies, and allies to accelerate the adoption of trusted technology. For our corporate partners, this means new opportunities to lead alongside the U.S. and our allies in shaping a future where technology advances freedom.”
The Krach Institute engages world-leading companies, category leaders, and innovative start-ups to partner with the United States and allies to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology. Recently, the Institute convened top executives from the global semiconductor industry on Capitol Hill to align on how the U.S. and its allies can build and deploy the world’s trusted tech stack – from semiconductors and AI to quantum computing and next-generation supply chains.
The Institute also recently signed an MOU with the Economic Council of Ukraine to advance collaboration on trusted technology, and partnered with the Sourcing Industry Group to deliver Tech Diplomacy Academy training to more than 30,000 sourcing, procurement, and risk management leaders worldwide. In addition, Institute Founder and Chairman Keith Krach serves as Chair of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council, bolstering economic and technology ties between leading companies and one of the United States’ most critical democratic partners. The Krach Institute welcomes companies to join this growing coalition with the United States and allies to lead the future of trusted technology.
About the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue
The Krach Institute is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader in the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.
Visit the Krach Institute online at TechDiplomacy.org and follow on X, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Enroll in the Tech Diplomacy Academy to learn what you need to know now about key emerging technologies and their impact on business, policy and the global economy. Subscribe to the Institute’s weekly newsletter Tech Diplomacy Now for the latest news at the intersection of high tech and foreign policy.
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