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Collin Hogue-Spears

Author, From Lab to Life: How AI Works in China

Collin Hogue-Spears is an independent researcher and the author of From Lab to Life: How AI Works in China (Gatekeeper Press, 2026), a study of how China's algorithm-filing, licensing and procurement rules shape which AI products actually ship. He is also senior director of solution management at Black Duck, an application security company, and his professional background is in federal compliance and product strategy. He studied Mandarin at Shanghai International Studies University and later worked in Shanghai, and at Amazon Web Services he worked on the China region team, coordinating with Chinese government auditors on MLPS cloud-security compliance.