GMF Tech

Dylan Welch is the China technology analyst at GMF Tech. He works on exposing and contesting China’s global technology influence, including in AI and digital infrastructure competition. He previously worked with GMF's Alliance for Securing Democracy.

Previously, Welch worked at the Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG), where he interned with its China practice and focused on critical and emerging technologies. Prior to ASG, he completed his master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he wrote his thesis on US-China technology competition in space in consultation with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Earlier in his career, Welch developed teaching curricula in Wuhan, China, and served as a budget analyst for the New York City Office of Management and Budget. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from New York University and is a recipient of the State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship in advanced Chinese.

Ansgar Baums joined GMF as a Helmut Schmidt Fellow in June 2023. He was formerly in government relations at Zoom Video Communications. Prior to that, Baums held other positions within the corporate world, most recently as head of the Global Strategy Program at HP and as head of Government Relations Europe/Middle East/Africa at Hewlett-Packard. Baums also worked for SAP AG, the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications, and New Media – Bitkom e.V., and Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution. He was a GMF Marshall Memorial Fellow in 2017. Baums holds a master's degree with distinction in international strategy and economics from the University of St. Andrews and a postgraduate diploma in political science from the Free University Berlin. During his Helmut Schmidt Fellowship, Baums is conducting research on the geo-technology policy rift within the transatlantic alliance and the danger of separate US and EU approaches toward China in this area.