Jimmy Goodrich

Jimmy Goodrich is a leading scholar and expert on Chinese and East Asian technology, geopolitics, and national security. He is a senior fellow at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and a consultant to the RAND Corporation. His work focuses on the rise of Chinese science and technology and its impact on global power and competitiveness, with emphasis on critical emerging technologies such as AI, semiconductors, fusion, aerospace, and basic science. He is frequently quoted in national media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Washington Post.

Before his career as a scholar and analyst, Jimmy spent two decades in the technology sector and industry associations. For nearly a decade, he served as vice president for global policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), where he led work on supply chains, trade, national security and export controls, global market research, and China, and oversaw research on Chinese industrial policy and chip industry economics. He also played a key role in efforts to secure $52 billion for the CHIPS & Science Act. He previously directed China policy at the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) in Washington, D.C., and earlier spent seven years in China’s tech sector, including at Cisco Systems.

Jimmy holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Politics and East Asian Studies from Ohio University, is professionally fluent in Mandarin, and serves on the board of the American Mandarin Society, which promotes Mandarin study in the United States.