Tyson Barker is the director for digital economy at the German advisory group, Christ & Company where his work focuses on AI, cloud, data governance, cybersecurity, tech-industrial policy and

Barker also serves as a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a senior associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) where his research focuses on Ukraine’s economic recovery and reconstruction, US-EU technology and trade relations, digital governance and America’s role in the world.

He has served at the US Department of State in various senior positions in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2014 to 2015 and from 2023 to 2025, most recently as deputy special representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery.

Previously, Barker served as the head of DGAP’s Technology and Foreign Policy Program and worked at Aspen Germany where, as deputy executive director and fellow, he was responsible for the institute’s digital and transatlantic programs. His writing has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politico, The Atlantic, and Der Spiegel.

Barker has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.