Paul Triolo

Paul Triolo is Senior Vice President for China and Technology Policy Lead at DGA ASG, where he is also a Partner. He advises clients in technology, financial services, and other sectors as they navigate complex political and regulatory matters in the US, China, the European Union, India, and around the world.

At DGA ASG, Mr. Triolo works closely with some of the world’s leading companies on AI and semiconductor policy, helping then track regulatory issues globally, developing long-term strategies on thought leadership, and structure themselves internally to engage with regulators, particularly in the EU, the US, and China. He currently is client lead for several large and medium-sized AI clients, including companies that are developing AI IP and for firms in key industry verticals which deploy AI applications across their business operations. He has participated in Track 2 dialogues with China related to the digital economy, including issues related to semiconductors, export controls, AI, and data governance.

A recognized expert in global technology policy, Mr. Triolo was most recently founder, Practice Head, and Managing Director of the Geo-Technology practice at Eurasia Group. At Eurasia Group he worked frequently and closely with financial services clients, including pension funds, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds around the world on technology policy issues. Previously, Mr. Triolo spent more than 25 years in senior positions in the U.S. government, analyzing China’s rise as a technology power and advising senior policymakers on a broad set of technology-related issues. At the beginning of his career, he worked as an engineer for a semiconductor testing firm in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Triolo is frequently quoted on technology policy issues in media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, the South China Morning Post, and others. He speaks regularly at conferences and has authored many journal articles and book chapters on global technology policy and China-related issues. He has also served as a senior advisor to the Paulson Institute and as senior associate with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

He received an M.A. in International Relations from the Catholic University and a B.A. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.

He is based in Washington, D.C.