Hoffman, Michael

Michael Hoffman is the Director of the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Western Regional Office.  "BIS West" provides guidance to industry on U.S. national security, foreign policy, and nonproliferation-based trade regulations and policies.

In previous management positions, Hoffman set up and managed the agency's Eastern Regional Office to provide counseling services throughout New England and New York.  In Washington, D.C., he served as the director of the agency's special licensing branch, where he was responsible for managing a licensing program that authorized over $40 billion in exports annually.

Hoffman received a Master's Degree in government from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.