Aaron Kleiner is Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Atlassian. Aaron leads Atlassian’s engagements on technology policy issues with governments around the world and advises Atlassian teams on the impacts of legislative and regulatory iniatitives. Aaron and his team drive Atlassian's advocacy agenda and manage Atlassian's positioning on priority issues.

Aaron is an experienced technology policy leader. Prior to Atlassian, Aaron served in public policy and operational leadership roles at Microsoft. He 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. Aaron also developed and led Microsoft’s cybersecurity policy strategy for highly regulated industries. In addition to Microsoft, Aaron served as Head of Global Government Affairs for Unity, the world’s leading platform for video game development and operation.

Aaron started his career in public service. Aaron is a former Presidential Management Fellow and served in policy and legal roles at the US Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, where he received both his law and undergraduate degrees, and completed executive education at the Harvard Kennedy School.