Staff Writer/Researcher

adam.patterson@govcio.com
Adam Patterson is a staff writer/researcher for GovCIO Media & Research, where he covers IT and innovation at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Prior to joining the team in June 2019, Adam worked as a researcher at the National Defense University’s Center for Applied Strategic Learning (CASL) where he helped design war games and crisis response exercises. He has also worked at the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Affairs performing research and analysis covering the Syrian Civil War.
Adam earned a Master of Arts in strategic studies and Middle East studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies where he focused on insurgency, asymmetrical conflict and the social origins of mass violence.