Bio

Focused early on the intersection between technology and society, Sarah Granger's work spans from the days of the BBS to Web 2.0. Sarah is an award-winning journalist and new media strategist, she played a lead role in three technology start-ups, and she directed the launch of what Wired News called the "first true weblog to be put up by a politician," and she's an active community volunteer and organizer. Sarah has been used by leading news organizations as an expert on Internet culture, computer security, mommyblogging and more. A prolific writer, editor and speaker, Sarah covers heavy technical topics like online politics, network security, information and communications technology policy, electronic privacy, blogging, and social networks, balanced out with lighter, more personal topics like fashion, parenting, philanthropic events, performing arts and figure skating. Her new media strategy work is done under the umbrella of PublicEdge.

Her online writing credits include techPresident, The Huffington Post, Digital Landing, Security Focus, BlogHer, ChipCenter, Mindjack, Playborhood, MOMocrats, Tech Mamas, & Silicon Valley Moms Blog. Offline, Sarah's writing about technology topics can be found in academic journals like The World Summit in Reflection and Ethics in the Computer Age. In print, she has written for Bay Area Parent and Piper magazines. Sarah has edited three books on computer security: mCommerce Security: A Beginner's Guide, Biometrics: Identity Assurance in the Information Age (both published by McGraw-Hill), and PKI Trust Solutions, published by Wiley & Sons. She wrote, directed and co-produced what may have been the world's first Cyberpunk stage play, Invasion of Cyberspace in 1995.

Sarah has been quoted and mentioned by ABC News, the Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News, Mtv Japan, Daily Kos, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York Times. Her articles on social engineering are required reading in computer security courses at universities and in IT organizations around the country and her seasonal fashion trends lists are some of the most popular on the web. She has been a speaker and panelist at international conferences on topics related to technology, policy, politics, and blogging, and she was recently on "Good Morning America" as an expert on Internet privacy.

During the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, Sarah directed Internet strategy and operations for former Senator Gary Hart's presidential exploratory "testing the waters" organization (Gary Hart News). Her team pre-empted the historic Dean campaign by presenting the first candidate blog written by the candidate fully open to comments. She also built and managed teams for the web site, netroots, e-mail, content, IT and database, and trained over 100 key volunteers. The Gary Hart News Blog became one of the most popular blogs in the world. Sarah has worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Emerge America, The Innovation Funders Network, and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility as well as national, statewide and local candidates. She still advises candidates and causes as Managing Director for FutureCampaigns.

She previously worked as a network security consultant for a variety of technology companies. Clients and employers included Symantec, Phoenix Technologies, Liquid Audio, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Her three high-tech startups to date include bcomfy.com, an online ergonomics tool for businesses, Artloop, an online art database for merchants and museums and Net Daemons Associates, a network and system administration consulting business (acquired by Interliant).

A long time member of USACM, the U.S. Association for Computing Machinery Public Policy Committee, Sarah has served on the privacy subcommittee and helped draft issue position statements. She currently sits on the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee (SPAC) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Junior League of Palo Alto/Mid-Peninsula, and she previously served on the City of Menlo Park Environmental Quality Commission. Sarah was a delegate to the World Summit on the Information Society at the U.N. in 2003 and she represented the State of Kansas in a student delegation to the U.S.S.R. in 1989. Sarah is a graduate of the Emerge California women's political leadership training program and she was featured on the front page of the White House Project's voterunlead.org site.

Sarah earned an interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan with a major in "Technology and Society." She served as President of the College of Engineering student government and was the recipient of numerous leadership awards, including the Arlen R. Hellwarth Prize. She also chaired the student ACM chapter at UofM and held board positions in two leadership honor societies. She minored in creative writing, including screenwriting, playwriting, TV writing, short stories and poetry.

Born in the midwest and transplanted to California in 1995, Sarah has traveled to over 30 countries. She dabbles in speaking Russian and French, and she briefly resided in London. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

For more about Sarah Granger, see her site at sarahgranger.com, which includes a portfolio of her writing.