Aaron Kleiner is Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Unity, the world’s leading platform for the creation and operation of real-time 3D content and experiences. He leads Unity’s global engagements on technology policy issues and dialogues with policymakers and regulators, as well as Unity’s participation in policy forums and trade associations. Aaron is a member of the Board of the XR Association, and the Leadership Council of The Software Alliance. 

Prior to Unity, Aaron served in public policy and operational leadership roles at Microsoft. Aaron was Chief of Staff to former FTC Commissioner Julie Brill in her position as Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Vice President for Global Privacy and Regulatory Affairs. He also led Microsoft’s global strategic engagement with cybersecurity regulators and standards groups to enable use of cloud services by critical infrastructure organizations. Before Microsoft, Aaron was an international trade attorney in the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Aaron is a former Presidential Management Fellow, and completed executive education at the Harvard Kennedy School in strategic management of regulatory and enforcement agencies. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, where he received both his law and undergraduate degrees. Aaron lives in Seattle with his family.