Moksh Jawa serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, he provides Department-wide technology leadership, guides the adoption of emerging technologies, and advances strategies to modernize systems and improve digital service delivery. Moksh works across Commerce’s bureaus and operating units to strengthen the Department’s technology capabilities, ensure its investments support mission priorities, and bring a technical perspective to its broader work on AI and other critical technologies.

Before joining the Department of Commerce, Moksh worked as a software engineer at Retool and held engineering roles at Nuna, Facebook, and Two Sigma. His experience spans software development, AI, entrepreneurship, and technology strategy. He is particularly interested in the intersection of technology, business, and effective government.

Moksh is also committed to expanding access to computer science education. While in high school, he created Decoding AP Computer Science A, a 450-page textbook and nearly 11-hour online course designed to make AP Computer Science A accessible to over 100,000 self-directed learners to date.

Moksh graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering in Computer Science from Penn Engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School. At Penn, he was selected as a Wharton graduation speaker and received the Cane Award for his contributions to the Class of 2021. Moksh later earned a Master of Global Affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar, focusing on semiconductor and AI policy.