Michael Kratsios

**Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios** (born November 7, 1986) is an American business executive and politician who has been the 13th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy since 2025. He was the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. During this time, he was President Donald Trump's top technology advisor.

In December 2024, Kratsios was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2025.

## Early life

Kratsios was born in Columbia, South Carolina and his family came from Greece. He studied at Princeton University and graduated with a B.A. in politics and a certificate in Hellenic studies in 2008. He was a visiting scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

While in college, Kratsios was an intern for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and editor-in-chief and president of _Business Today_.

## Political career

Kratsios joined the White House in 2017 as Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy. In March 2019, the White House announced that President Trump would nominate Kratsios as the next U.S. CTO and an associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. On August 1, 2019, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to confirm him as the fourth U.S. CTO.

In March 2020, Kratsios launched the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium.

On July 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Kratsios would serve as its Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. In this role, Kratsios was the third highest-ranking official at the Department of Defense and the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for technology.

## Director of OSTP

On December 22, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Kratsios as the next Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 25, 2025 in a 74-25 vote.

## Personal life

In February 2024, Kratsios became engaged to Alissa Davies, the oldest daughter of Sir David Davies.

Kratsios has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Wired, Bloomberg, Fortune, and CNN.

## Other websites

- Biography at the White House
- Biography at the U.S. Department of Defense

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Michael Kratsios
- **image**: Michael Kratsios official photo.jpg
- **office**: 13th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
- **president**: Donald Trump
- **term start**: January 20, 2025

- **predecessor**: Arati Prabhakar
- **office1**: Science Advisor to the President
- **president1**: Donald Trump
- **term start1**: January 20, 2025
- **predecessor1**: Arati Prabhakar
- **office2**: Chief Technology Officer of the United States
- **president2**: Donald Trump
- **term start2**: January 20, 2017
- **term end2**: January 20, 2021

- **predecessor2**: Megan Smith
- **successor2**: Alexander Macgillivray (acting)
- **office3**: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- **status3**: Acting
- **president3**: Donald Trump
- **term start3**: July 10, 2020
- **term end3**: January 20, 2021
- **predecessor3**: Michael D. Griffin
- **successor3**: Terry Emmert (acting)
- **birth name**: Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios
- **birth place**: Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **education**: Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, BA)