Deniz Houston is the Digital Policy Advisor for the Digital Economy team where she covers all digital topics including the DSA, DMA, privacy, semiconductors, and AI. Prior to the delegation, Deniz was on the International Government Affairs Policy team at the Intel Corporation where she drafted companys strategy to address the geopolitics of the semiconductor industry. She began her career in US Defence and Diplomacy where she helped advocate for US foreign policy priorities through public diplomacy programs, international mergers and acquisitions, military technology, and defence security cooperation initiatives. She received a masters degree in European Public Policy from Johns Hopkins in Bologna, and a bachelors degree in International Studies from the College of Charleston. She speaks German, Turkish, and Russian and has lived in Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Russia.