Who We Are

The Data Transfer Initiative (DTI) is a U.S. 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals by enabling simpler, faster, and more secure data transfers through data portability at scale. Born out of the Data Transfer Project (DTP), a collaborative open-source effort initiated in 2018 by a consortium of technology companies, DTI advances its mission through the design and implementation of open source data transfer tools and other innovations and investments to foster a healthy portability ecosystem. DTI also serves as an expert resource to regulators around the world, helping translate principle to practice and catalyzing greater user agency and empowerment.

The Team

Driven by a shared passion for technology and positive change, our staff brings diverse expertise to our mission.

Chris Riley

Executive Director

Chris comes from the R Street Institute, a Washington, DC-based think tank, prior to which he led the Mozilla Corporation’s global public policy efforts for several years. His open source roots go back even further to his time working on the internet freedom portfolio at the U.S. Department of State, where he supported open source security and anti-censorship tools dedicated to advancing human rights online. Chris received his B.S. in computer science from Wheeling Jesuit University, his Ph.D. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

Lisa Dusseault

CTO

Ms. Dusseault previously served as the CTO and Co-Founder of Compaas. Prior to Compaas, Ms. Dusseault served in technical roles at StubHub, Smule, and Microsoft among others, and spent several years as the Applications Area Director at the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Tom Fish

Director of Policy

Tom specialises in technology policy at the intersection of competition and data protection. A UK Government economist by background, his experience spans the Department for Business, Bank of England, HM Treasury, Ofgem, and the Competition and Markets Authority. Most recently, Tom oversaw the public policy efforts of Gener8, a UK startup, and led CODE, a global coalition of businesses advocating for data portability.