Internationally recognized for leading the global Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) movement, Friedman transformed SBOM from a niche idea into a widely adopted pillar of cybersecurity policy and practice. Over his decade in public service, he has held senior roles at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), where he built and led groundbreaking efforts on SBOM, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, and IoT security.  Prior to public service, Allan spent over a decade as a scholar at Harvard’s Computer Science department and Belfer Center, the Brookings Institution, and George Washington University’s Engineering School. He is the co-author of the popular text “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know,” has a CS degree from Swarthmore College and a PhD from Harvard University. He remains a cheerful instigator of progress for very hard problems.