Christopher G. Caine ’78, President and CEO, Mercator XXI and Jessica Ryan ’13 lead a discussion on “World Trends and Globally Integrated Enterprises.” (February 19, 2015)

Christopher G. Caine formed Mercator XXI, LLC, a professional services firm helping clients engage the global economy on April 1, 2009. Drawing on over 30 years of experience in government and public affairs and travel to over 40 countries, Mercator XXI provides marketplace insight and support to execute initiatives in all four hemispheres.

Prior to April 2009, Mr. Caine was employed by IBM Corporation for 25 years. For thirteen years he had corporate responsibility for global public policy issues that impacted IBM in his role as Vice President, Governmental Programs.

Mr. Caine has spoken at a variety of public fora on policy and economic development trends involving government, innovation, global electronic commerce, privacy, and new security challenges. These fora include: United States Congress; National Intelligence Council Conference convened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies: An Open and Trusted Model in Information Technology; 2003 World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, Korea: Government in an Era of Rapid Innovation; the 2003 World Economic Forum: Improving Public-Private Cooperation to Address New Security Challenges; the Shanghai International Forum: Globalizing Electronic Commerce; the Progress & Freedom Foundation Aspen Summit; the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; the New York Technology Forum: Transforming Government for the 21st Century; and the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs in Sydney, Australia.

Mr. Caine serves as a senior adviser for technology and public policy to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), as well as its Global Strategy Institute. He is on the boards of the following organizations: Department of State Advisory Committees on International Communication and Information Policy, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, The Center for National Policy, The Economic Club of Washington DC, The Constitution Project, The Institute for Education, The Ambassador Theater, and BrainFood.

He is a guest lecturer at Lafayette College and Georgetown University. In the Spring of 2008, he created the Caine Scholar’s Award for Global Leadership, Business and Policy at Lafayette College. It is designed to help develop the next generation of U.S. leaders for the globally integrated economy. He is also the Alumni Associate member of the Trustee Committee on Educational Policy.

Born in Rochester, New York, Mr. Caine received a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in American Government from Georgetown University.