Michael J. Kratsios, a Republican, currently serves as the 13th Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the 23rd Science Advisor to the President, positions he assumed in 2025. He previously held the role of the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States during the first Trump administration, where he was President Donald Trump's principal technology advisor. Additionally, Kratsios served as the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from July 2020 to January 2021, overseeing a substantial research and development budget and key defense technology agencies. Before his most recent appointments, Kratsios was the managing director of Scale AI from March 2021 to January 2025. His financial disclosures indicate holdings in various investment vehicles, including a Thiel Capital 401(k) plan with a Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund and a Roth IRA containing iShares iBoxx $ Invst Grade Crp Bond and Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, and Vanguard REIT ETF. Follow Michael J. Kratsios to get updates on their trades.