Joshua Mandell is the Senior Adviser for Innovation and Competitiveness at the U.S. Department of Commerce where he is responsible for the promotion and development of policies to support economic growth through innovation.  Joshua is the policy lead in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce on intellectual property issues, entrepreneurship, economic development, technology standards, R&D and other aspects of the innovation economy.

Prior to his appointment at Commerce, Joshua served as the Science and Technology Program Officer at The World Bank in their Innovation Labs, Global Practice for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (ITE), and in Human Development.  In these capacities, he focused on building innovation capacity in the public and private sector in many countries and regions. This work included building a knowledge workforce, driving technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, strengthening science and innovation policy and supporting inclusive innovations for developing countries.

Mr. Mandell also served as the Senior Fellow at the Institute on Science for Global Policy at the University of California and the Senior Science and Technology Adviser at the British Embassy in Washington, DC, where he was responsible for research collaboration between the UK and US, trade and investment opportunities in S&T, and international science policy. Before joining the UK Worldwide S&T Network in July 2003, Joshua worked as an environmental scientist and policy consultant in the private sector and for the U.S. Government where he specialized in areas of natural resource management, geographic information systems, remote sensing and environmental regulatory policy. He also served in the Office of the Vice President at the White House.