Cynthia Traeger, CEO, Pacific Siren International LLC
Cynthia Traeger serves as CEO of Pacific, a diversified technology & media holding company, and concurrently serves as President of VSI Pacific which provides proprietary hardware and software to customers worldwide. She is an accomplished senior operating executive and entrepreneur with global experience founding, growing and investing in technology-focused businesses. She has a strong track record in strategy and business development across next generation data, technology and digital media companies. Ms. Traeger leads Pacific’s efforts across aerospace, defense, sports, entertainment, and other industries.
Additionally, Ms. Traeger serves as Chair, MIT Enterprise Forum DC (now DCNeXT); previously served as a Trustee to the Board of Trustees, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology where she chaired the International Affairs Committee of the Executive Board; and is a Mentor/Advisor to the NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program and Feedback Sessions. She was a participant and author with the American Bar Association’s Digital Evidence Work Group, and a contributor to the Journal of the ACM Special Interest Group on Graphics.
Ms. Traeger was a partner to the State Department’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) program and is an active mentor for GIST companies. In partnership with GIST, she served as an executive mentor to the Research Competitiveness Program for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Previously, Ms. Traeger served as a Corporate Ambassador for Vital Voices’ Corporate Ambassadors Program (CAP) launched in cooperation with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) at the U.S. Department of State.
Ms. Traeger holds multiple patents in the areas of real-time data analysis for proximity and movement of objects.