Marietje Schaake is a senior advisor on technology, policy, and geopolitics with a public sector focus. As part of her new role, she is launching a weekly video series on GZERO Media called “Cyber In 60 Seconds,” which will discuss major issues in technology and policy. It is part of GZERO's “In 60 Seconds” video franchise, where well-known commentators such as Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group's founder, and Carl Bildt, Sweden's former prime minister, share their insights on big geopolitical stories. She also currently serves as the international policy director of the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University and as president of the Cyber Peace Institute. 

As a member of European Parliament from 2009 to 2019 from the Netherlands, Marietje has been a top figure shaping Europe's policies on technology, trade, and foreign affairs. Among her achievements, she helped to launch “net neutrality” policies now in force across Europe, and she advanced several initiatives to promote digital freedoms, including stricter export controls for cybersurveillance technology, and new policies for e-commerce and cybersecurity. Marietje was also part of EU delegations to the US, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the chief observer to the election mission in Kenya. She was named one of the “Most Influential Europeans” in Politico's Class of 2017.