Jimmy Goodrich

Jimmy Goodrich is a leading 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. He also advises leading Western technology firms, innovative startups, venture capital firms, and investors on China and geotechnology issues. His work examines the rise of Chinese science and technology and its implications for global power and competitiveness, with emphasis on critical and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, fusion, aerospace, and basic science. A frequent speaker and trainer at universities, think tanks, corporate events and industry forums, he is regularly quoted in and writes for national media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Washington Post.

Before turning to research and analysis, Jimmy spent two decades in the technology sector and high-tech industry associations. For nearly a decade, he was vice president for global policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), leading work on supply chains, trade, export controls, and China, and directing research on Chinese industrial policy and chip industry economics. He played a key role in securing $52 billion in funding for the CHIPS and Science Act. Earlier, he directed China policy at the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) in Washington, D.C., and spent seven years in China’s technology sector, including at Cisco Systems.

Jimmy holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative politics and East Asian studies from Ohio University and is professionally fluent in Mandarin. He serves on the Strategic Council of the Silverado Policy Accelerator and is a member of the Global Taiwan Institute’s 2026–2027 Task Force on U.S.-Taiwan relations.