m celine takatsuno is the founder of gracepoint, inc., a consulting collective focused on strategic development for startups and key initiatives in privacy, identity, care tech, and digital health.

her work centers at the very human convergence of data, technology, law, and policy.

currently, she is a technology research fellow at tech matters, where she leads better deal for data, a practical data governance standard for the social sector.

previously she…

• drove us strategic development for privacycloud, a madrid based startup putting people in control of their privacy as they browse and shop online.
• cofounded proxipost, an agentic commerce marketplace.
• cofounded atlas of caregiving, a nonprofit exploring and informing family caregiving through research, data, and emerging technologies.
• directed design, development, and operations for socialcoding4good, a benetech initiative connecting software professionals to technical volunteer opportunities on open source projects addressing the world's most pressing humanitarian challenges.
• led successful business development, marketing, partnerships, and sales teams for industry leaders and pioneers in ad tech, content moderation, ecommerce, and social media, including keibi (acquired: lithium), teracent (:google), and commission junction (:publicis).

in addition, she serves as advisor, board director, and volunteer to companies and nonprofits including lifequipt, and myterms, where she supports go-to-market for the IEEE P7012 standard.

she holds a masters degree in law from the university of the pacific mcgeorge school of law, and completed her undergrad in organizational development at university of san francisco.